Peaky Blinders Star Cillian Murphy To Lead Christopher Nolan's Upcoming Feature "Oppenheimer"
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The film will mark their sixth collaboration over the course of 16 years.
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Cillian Murphy in "Peaky Blinders" (2013 - ) (BBC)
Cillian Murphy has officially landed the lead role in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film.
The Inception director's upcoming feature is titled Oppenheimer, chronicling the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “Father of the Atomic Bomb” and the final days leading up to the creation, and administration, of the world-shattering weapon.
The Peaky Blinders’ star will play the eponymous scientist and is expected to begin working on the role by the end of 2021.
The film will mark the sixth collaboration between the Irish actor and the British director, as he previously appeared in all three installments of The Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012), the mind-heist thriller Inception (2010), and the WWII epic Dunkirk (2017), the latter which got Nolan his first best director nomination at the Academy Awards.
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Christopher Nolan directing on the set of "Dunkirk" (2017)
Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and late author Martin J. Sherwin. The shoot is to begin early 2022, whilst the official release date is set for release on July 21, 2023.
The film will be produced by Nolan’s wife, Emma Thomas under their banner Syncopy, and distributed worldwide by Universal Studios.
It would be the first Nolan film to be released under the Universal banner after the studio won the film rights following a heated bidding war between every major Hollywood suitor. The director has left Warner Bros., his home studio for nearly 20 years, after their fallout over simultaneous release strategies, which dictate the release of films in theaters and streaming services in the same day, instead of respecting the 100-Day theatrical day window usually adopted before going through with home releases.
Oppenheimer will be reuniting Nolan with some of his regular collaborators such as director of photography Hoyte Van Hoytema (Dunkirk, Spectre, Her), editor Jennifer Lame (Judas & The Black Messiah, Midsommar), and composer Ludwig Göransson (Creed, Black Panther, Tenet).
The film will be shot on a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film, a staple of Nolan’s blockbusters by now, in order to obtain the highest image quality and ensure the finest cinematic experience possible.
