A new trailer for Christopher Nolan oppenheimer The biographical drama based on the development of the first atomic bomb reveals more story details and characters.
trailer – which was First shown at CinemaCon and then first screened in cinemas Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Scientist J.J. teams up with General Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) to assemble a team of scientists during World War II. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) as they try to defeat the Nazis in harnessing the destructive power of nuclear energy.
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“You are the one who gave them the power to destroy themselves,” Oppenheimer warned ominously. “…and the world is not ready.”
The World War II-set biopic follows Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb,” during a moment in history when he knew that the testing of an atomic bomb could ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world. may destroy, but press the button anyway. “To know that story, I wanted to be in that room with him and see what it was like,” Nolan said at CinemaCon. “I wanted to take the audience there. To do that, I've assembled the most incredible cast and the best technicians.”
The film stars Emily Blunt (as biologist and botanist Catherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer), Florence Pugh (psychiatrist Jean Tatlock), Benny Safdie (theoretical physicist Edward Teller), Michael Angarano (Robert Serber) and Josh Hartnett (nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence). ) are also , The film also stars Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, and Matthew Modine in uncredited roles.
The Universal film was written and directed by Nolan in his first release since 2020 Principle, it is based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.
The film was shot in a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large format film photography.
oppenheimer Releasing in cinemas on 8th May.
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