A brand new Oppenheimer video for Universal Pictures‘ upcoming biographical drama has been released, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at director Christopher Nolan using IMAX cameras to bring the story to life. The film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 21.
Its current theatrical release date will see the film going directly up against Greta Gerwig’s live-action Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie. Oppenheimer will also be debuting in the same month as other high-profile projects, including Insidious: The Red Door, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and Haunted Mansion.
Check out the Oppenheimer video below (watch more trailers):
Who’s the Star-Studded Cast of Oppenheimer?
Oppenheimer features a star-studded ensemble led by Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, who’s known as the father of the Atomic Bomb. Joining him are Emily Blunt as Katherine Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves Jr., Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence, Benny Safdie as Edward Teller, and Michael Angarano as Robert Serber.
“The IMAX-shot epic thriller thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it,” reads the logline
The film is written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. Additional cast includes Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, and Matthew Modine.
Oppenheimer will be distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures. Nolan and Emma Thomas are producing through their Syncopy banner, along with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven.
