What is the Oppenheimer release date? When Warner Bros announced it was planning on simultaneously releasing its movies in theatres and HBO Max on the same day for all of 2021, Christopher Nolan wasn’t happy. In fact, Nolan was so unimpressed that he walked away from Warners, the studio that had supported him for more than a decade .
However, Nolan wasn’t creatively homeless for long, and a bidding war began between the biggest studios for Nolan’s next picture. It was Universal who triumphed, offering Nolan a deal so sweet it would give a dentist cavities. Basically, the man who redefined Batman for the modern era was given a blank cheque to make whatever movie he wanted, and he wanted to make an Oppenheimer film.
Who’s Oppenheimer, I hear you ask? Well, you’re in the right place. We’ve done some digging to bring you everything you could possibly want to know about this new movie. So here’s everything we could uncover about the Oppenheimer film release date, cast, plot, and more.
Oppenhimer film release date
Oppenheimer is currently slated for release on July 21, 2023. That seems unlikely to change as the film has been in production now since late February 2022, and there’s been no word of any hiccups as of yet.
Due to Nolan’s deal with Universal, we know a lot about the planned release because the man who made Inception doesn’t mess around when it comes to the art of projection. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan had some exacting demands for the war movie.
They include a theatrical window of at least 100 days and three weeks before and after where Universal will not release any other films. Basically, if you want to watch a Universal film in July, you’re watching Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer trailer
The first full trailer for Oppenheimer was released on December 18, 2022 and you can watch it right here.
The trailer offers us plenty of Cillian Murphy, which is always good, and also shows us the bomb he is building and just how much the creation such a weapon could impact the world.
Oppenheimer film plot
Oppenheimer is a biopic based on the J. Robert Oppenheimer autobiography, titled American Prometheus.
In case you didn’t know, Oppenheimer is often referred to as the ‘Father of the Atom Bomb’ and was a crucial player in the Manhattan Project, a multi-national experiment that designed and built the first nuclear weapons used to end WW2.
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Following that story alone would be dramatic enough, but Oppenheimer’s life wasn’t all theoretical physics and weapons of mass destruction. Oppenheimer had a troubled relationship with his wife, began an affair, and was eventually the victim of McCarthyism due to his association with members of the American Communist Party. That’s a lot of life to put on celluloid!
Oppenheimer film cast
Cillian Murphy is playing the eponymous scientist and will be leading an all-star cast including Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, and Matt Damon.
As for who else, it’d be easier to tell you who isn’t in the movie because it has such an expansive cast of Hollywood stars. Check out the complete cast list below.
Who’s in the Oppenheimer film cast?
- Cillian Murphy – J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Emily Blunt – Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer
- Matt Damon – Leslie Groves
- Robert Downey Jr. – Lewis Strauss
- Florence Pugh – Jean Tatlock
- Benny Safdie – Edward Teller
- Josh Hartnett – Ernest Lawrence
- Dylan Arnold – Frank Oppenheimer
- Michael Angarano – Robert Serber
- Danny Deferrari as Enrico Fermi
- Josh Peck – Kenneth Bainbridge
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Hans Bethe
- Devon Bostick – Seth Neddermeyer
- Emma Dumont as Jackie Oppenheimer
- Dane DeHaan
- Rami Malek
- Jack Quaid
- Matthew Modine
- Olli Haaskivi
- Alden Ehrenreich
- David Krumholtz
- Kenneth Branagh
- David Dastmalchian
- Jason Clarke
- Louise Lombard
- Scott Grimes
- Christopher Denham
- James D’Arcy
- David Rysdahl
- Guy Burnet
- Harrison Gilbertson
- Matthias Schweighöfer
- Alex Wolff
- Tony Goldwyn
- Trond Fausa Aurvåg
- Gary Oldman
- Josh Zuckerman
- Olivia Thirlby
- Casey Affleck
Judging by the number of big-name actors appearing in the film, we’re guessing a lot of these appearances will be glorified cameos. Indeed Gary Oldman seems to have confirmed our suspicions telling Deadline he’s got “one scene” and appears in about “a page and a half” of the script.
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Behind the camera, Nolan’s working with a group of frequent collaborators. Hoyte van Hoytema, who shot Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet, is the film’s cinematographer, while Emma Thomas and Charles Roven will produce. Ludwig Göransson, who crafted the Tenet score, will be composing.
That’s all we know about the Oppenheimer film at this stage, but as soon as we learn more about the movie based on a true story, we will update you.
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