EXCLUSIVE: James D’Arcy (The Hot Zone: Anthrax) and Michael Angarano (This Is Us) have signed on for roles in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.They join an ensemble led by Cillian Murphy that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian and Jason Clarke, as previously announced.In Nolan’s latest, which 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, Murphy plays the theoretical physicist of the same name, whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the invention of the atomic bomb.
The epic thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.Nolan is directing from his own script, and is producing alongside Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven.
Details with regard to the characters D’Arcy and Angarano are playing have not been disclosed. The film is slated to debut in theaters on July 21, 2023.D’Arcy previously appeared in Nolan’s Dunkirk and has also featured in such films as Avengers: Endgame, The Snowman, Jupiter Ascending, Let’s Be Cops, Hitchcock and Cloud Atlas.
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