The Simple Way Christopher Nolan Agreed to Make New Movie Oppenheimer
Producer Charles Roven explains that it didn't take much for Christopher Nolan to decide to direct Oppenheimer. Based on American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nolan's upcoming film will chronicle the invention of the atomic bomb and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man responsible for it. Oppenheimer will follow the director's last project, Tenet, which was released at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and failed to perform at the box office.
Oppenheimer will mark Nolan's first movie after parting ways with Warner Bros. and sees the director team up with Universal, Syncopy Inc., and Atlas Entertainment. Cillian Murphy will play the titular Oppenheimer with Robert Downey Jr. Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Benny Safdie, and Matthew Modine rounding out the rest of the cast. Production on the film is now underway in New Mexico with Oppenheimer currently scheduled to release in July of 2023.
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In a new interview with the LA Times accompanying the release of Uncharted (for which he also serves as producer), Roven discusses Nolan's upcoming film and the process by which the director agreed to make it. As it turns out, it didn't take much convincing, with Nolan agreeing to direct the movie shortly after reading the book. Check out Roven's full comment below:
«I’ve known Chris and Emma for almost 20 years now. We were enjoying a weekend together, and I just brought up this idea. And in talking with them about it, Chris said, 'Well, let me read the book.' And he came back and said, 'I’m interested in doing it.'»
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