'The World Forever Changes' On The First Oppenheimer Poster
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer has received its first official poster, offering fans a potential hint at the tone of the upcoming biopic from the acclaimed director of The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Tenet.
The Universal film is currently in the post-production phase and is scheduled to release one year from now in July 2013, opening against Margot Robbie'sBarbie. Nolan’s film will follow J. Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the U.S. government’s scientific mission to develop the first atomic bomb during WWII, known as the Manhattan Project.
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The poster was Tweeted by the official Oppenheimer account. In the poster, Oppenheimer is shown in a dramatic silhouette as an atomic explosion swirls around him. The tagline “The World Forever Changes” hovers above. Based on this poster, which shows the brilliant scientist engulfed in the destructive force of his own creation, and the tagline that focuses on the effects of his creation, it seems likely that the film’s plot will focus on Oppenheimer’s regret over the role he played in creating the atomic bomb. Details of the movie have been as heavily protected as the military secrets inside the Manhattan Project’s own laboratories, but the cast list does provide some hints.
Some of the confirmed characters so far are Kenneth Bainbridge (Josh Peck: Drake & Josh, 2012’s Red Dawn), a leading scientist at the Manhattan Project and director of the Trinity Test, who later dedicated his life to ending nuclear tests; Hans Bethe (Gustaf Skarsgård: Westworld, Vikings), the head of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project who later became a major figure in the fight against nuclear proliferation; Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh:
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