Universal has released the first image from Christopher Nolan's upcoming biopic, 'Oppenheimer'.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer biopic just added another name to its already crowded cast, with the addition of Kenneth Branagh in an undisclosed role. Universal Pictures has also released the first image of film: that of Cillian Murphy as the renowned scientist who helped to build the atomic bomb during World War II.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The first black and white image of Murphy in Oppenheimer shows the actor with a cigarette between his lips, a nod to the notorious scientist's addiction to nicotine. Oppenheimer was such a heavy smoker that he would later have throat cancer, and it’s interesting that Nolan chose to add this detail to the film’s first look.
Oppenheimer’s biopic is Nolan's first project since leaving Warner Bros. The movie will be distributed by Universal, which won the bidding war for Nolan’s movies after agreeing to a lengthy theatrical window of 100 days, plus a six-week blackout period surrounding the release of the film, wherein no other Universal film can be released.