Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist commonly regarded as one of the "fathers of the atomic bomb" in Christopher Nolan's new biopic. You can check out the first look at Murphy as Oppenheimer in the image below.
Murphy is just one member of a star-studded cast including Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Matt Damon, and Emily Blunt.
Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, where the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among the first humans to witness the effects of a nuclear explosion at the Trinity test in New Mexico. He later remarked that the test brought to mind the words of the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer later became a part of the General Advisory Committee in the United States Atomic Energy Commission, working to prevent nuclear proliferation and a nuclear arms race with Soviet Russia.
Murphy is a longtime collaborator of Nolan's, co-starring as Scarecrow in 2005's Batman Begins, then later The Dark Knight, Inception, Dunkirk, and The Dark Knight Rises.
Nolan's film is an adaptation of the 2005 Pultizer Prize-winning book "The American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer." The film is Nolan's first major project with Universal following the director's heated split with Warner Bros. Universal is set to release Oppenheimer in theaters on July 21, 2023.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/destroyer of worlds for IGN.
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Murphy is just one member of a star-studded cast including Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Matt Damon, and Emily Blunt.
Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, where the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among the first humans to witness the effects of a nuclear explosion at the Trinity test in New Mexico. He later remarked that the test brought to mind the words of the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer later became a part of the General Advisory Committee in the United States Atomic Energy Commission, working to prevent nuclear proliferation and a nuclear arms race with Soviet Russia.
Murphy is a longtime collaborator of Nolan's, co-starring as Scarecrow in 2005's Batman Begins, then later The Dark Knight, Inception, Dunkirk, and The Dark Knight Rises.
Nolan's film is an adaptation of the 2005 Pultizer Prize-winning book "The American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer." The film is Nolan's first major project with Universal following the director's heated split with Warner Bros. Universal is set to release Oppenheimer in theaters on July 21, 2023.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/destroyer of worlds for IGN.
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