Christopher Nolan will be back next year withOppenheimer, a biopic that will see the director steer away from his typical genres, although judging from the film’s first full trailer, that doesn’t mean fans will miss out of the director’s epic storytelling.
Oppenheimerwas announced last yeast withPeaky Blindersstar Cillian Murphy spearheading an absolutely stacked cast, as well as the added curiosity of it beingNolan’sfirst movie since he parted ways after he parted ways with Warner Bros. in 2020, due to the company’s streaming strategy. Since then,Oppenheimerhas added the likes of Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Brannagh for the type that already appears to have Oscars written all over it.
RELATED:This Is What Christopher Nolan’s Recent Films Have Been MissingThe new preview shared online by Universal Pictures on the film’s official Twitter account (@OppenheimerFilm) swaps images of Murphy as J. RobertOppenheimer, the chief scientist at Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, with others that seem to depict nuclear fission and the destructive effects of the atomic bomb. While the trailer mostly focuses on Murphy’s protagonist, other actors can be spotted in it, withThe Boys’Jack Quaid briefly showing up as the great Richard Feynman, tough undoubtedly the standout moment is the accompanying line “They won’t fear it until they understand it, and they won’t understand it until they’ve used it” that plays over the footage.
Nolan’s screenplay is based onAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a biography written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin that chronicles the physicist’s life and his struggles to come to terms with being the father of the atomic bomb, a legacy he never rejected, despite his disagreements with how the weapon would end up being used the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even if Nolan’s reported use of practical effects to recreate the Manhattan Porject’s infamous Trinity test has made headlines, it’s safe to say this looks like a different kind of Nolan film.
It’s not as ifhistorical dramas are outside Nolan’s spectrum, asDunkirkalready offers a decent glimpse at the kind of themes the director could explore, butOppenheimeris certainly noTenetorBatman. This time around, Nolan won’t be joined by long-time working partner Hans Zimmer, instead teaming up withBlack PantherandThe Mandaloriancomposer Ludwig Göranssonto nail the right score for a film whose sound appear quite immersive in the teaser, something might have experienced as the trailer was also screened atAvatar: The Way of Waterscreenings this weekend.
Oppenheimeris scheduled for release on Jul 03, 2025.
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