00:03The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Blunt is joining Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
00:08Universal is releasing the biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist remembered as one of the fathers of the atom bomb.
00:15This marks Blunt's first project with Nolan, who is known for building relationships with actors over multiple films.
00:21He tapped Murphy as his lead after including him in supporting roles dating back to 2005's Batman Begins.
00:26Blunt recently appeared in Disney's Jungle Cruise and Paramount's A Quiet Place Part 2.
00:40Nolan will write and direct Oppenheimer, which is based on American Prometheus, The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.
00:50Universal describes Nolan's project as a, quote, 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.
01:00The studio is set a July 21, 2023 release date for Oppenheimer.
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01:07For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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