Oppenheimer Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb.

Biography Drama IMAX True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Oppenheimer.

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  Cillian Murphy

  ... J. Robert Oppenheimer

  28 Years Later, In the Heart of the Sea

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  Robert Downey Jr.

  ... Lewis Strauss

  The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man: Homecoming

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  Matt Damon

  ... Gen. Leslie Groves Jr.

  IF, The Bourne Identity

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  Emily Blunt

  ... Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer

  A Quiet Place Part II, IF

• F
  Florence Pugh

  ... Jean Tatlock

  Thunderbolts*, We Live in Time

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  Rami Malek

  The Amateur , The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

• B
  Benny Safdie

  Happy Gilmore 2, Licorice Pizza

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  Josh Hartnett

  ... Ernest Lawrence

  Wrath of Man, Trap

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  Alden Ehrenreich

  Ironheart (Series), Weapons

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  David Krumholtz

  Deliver Me from Nowhere, This is the End

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  Kenneth Branagh

  The King of Kings, A Haunting in Venice

• D
  David Dastmalchian

  The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Afraid

Crew Behind the Film

The Oppenheimer behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Christopher Nolan last directed Tenet and Dunkirk. The film's writer Christopher Nolan last wrote Tenet and Dunkirk.

Director

Christopher Nolan

Screenwriter

Christopher Nolan

Producers

Christopher Nolan
Charles Roven
Emma Thomas

Production Details

What we know about the Oppenheimer movie production.

Key Facts

• Described by Universal as an "epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it (12/9/2021).”
• Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
• A release is pegged for either late 2023 or 2024 (Variety, 9/19/2021).
• Filming will begin in the first quarter of 2022 (Variety, 9/19/2021).

Production Updates for Oppenheimer

Jul 2023

Completed

Changed Oppenheimer movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2022

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Feb 2022

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Began production this week.

Feb 2022

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Principal photography has started

Oct 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Production will start in early 2022

Sep 2021

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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