Just a week after the official poster for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Oppenheimer was released by Universal Pictures, the film has received its first teaser trailer.
The film is 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. Oppenheimer is a World War II-era biopic that follows J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project which led to the invention of the atomic bomb. In addition to directing from his own screenplay, Nolan produces alongside Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven.
The massive cast is led by Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer and includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, Olli Haaskivi, Michael Angarano, Guy Burnet, Danny Deferrari, Matthias Schweighöfer, Harrison Gilbertson, Emma Dumont, Devon Bostick, Jason Clarke, James D’Arcy, David Dastmalchian, Dane DeHaan, Trond Fausa, Christopher Denham, Olivia Thirlby, and Josh Zuckerman.
Oppenheimer releases exclusively in theaters July 21, 2023. The teaser trailer stream can be watched below, with a live countdown to the release of the film.
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