American actor Josh Hartnett has recently joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming World War II movie “Oppenheimer”.
The movie depicts the creation of the nuclear weapon by J. Robert Oppenheimer (Played by Cillian Murphy), a physicist who was integral to the Manhattan Project, is known as the father of the atomic bomb.
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Moreover, Emily Blunt stars as Oppenheimer's wife Katherine and Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, who had an affair with the physicist and was a member of the Community Party of the United States.
It will also feature Benny Safdie portraying Edward Teller, a member of the Manhattan Project and a Hungarian physicist who is considered the father of the hydrogen bomb.
The biopic also stars Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., and Matt Damon.
Universal Pictures will produce the $100 million movie after winning the rights in a feverish bidding war with the likes of Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros.
The biopic marks Nolan's first project since leaving Warner Bros. The studio had released almost all the filmmaker's movies, however, their relationship grew strained after he criticized its decision to release its entire 2021 slate simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max as a concession to the coronavirus outbreak.
The movie, like previous Nolan movies such as “Dunkirk” and “The Dark Knight”, will be filmed with IMAX cameras.
It is penned by Nolan and co-produced alongside Emma Thomas and Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment.
The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
Production will begin in early 2022.
“Oppenheimer” is set to hit theaters on July 21, 2023.
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