Cillian Murphy confirms his presence in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer | Entertainment News

Cillian Murphy will play J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s next film about theoretical physicists.

According to Universal Pictures and Nolan’s Banner Syncopy, the 45-year-old actor joins the directors of Oppenheimer’s Inception and Dunkirk, which are scheduled for release on July 21, 2023.

The transition to Universal is significant and will come after a bidding war between several of Hollywood’s top studios, including former Nolan collaborator Warner Bros. Pictures.

Oppenheimer is known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb” and the film is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book “American Prometheus: J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Victory and Tragedy” by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. I am.

The film is written and directed by Nolan, produced with Emma Thomas and Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment.

Donna Langley, President of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, said: And a commitment to the theatrical experience. “

Oppenheimer’s story was previously told onscreen in the 1989 drama “Fat Man and Little Boy,” starring Dwight Schultz as a scientist and Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves.