Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s next venture after Tenet (2020). It is Nolan’s 12th film of his entire career after he started with Following in 1998. After that Nolan cemented his place in Hollywood with Memento- a twisted story of memory, love and time. His non-linear narrative style had stunned everyone, as it gave a simple story depth and meaning. Since then Nolan became a household name to the point where Warner Bros. signed an exclusive deal with him to only make films for them. After Insomnia, Nolan negotiated the terms of his deal where he suggested a Quid Pro Quo scenario to WB. He’d make one film that Warner Bros. want him to make and the next film would be the one he wants to make. As WB agreed to this, Nolan unknowingly made the one of the best decisions of his life.
He started working on the Dark Knight Trilogy that raised the bar of Superheroes films forever. After Batman Begins, which is a truly underrated film that shows a very grim version of Gotham, Nolan made the best comic book to ever grace this Earth- The Dark Knight. His impeccable screenplay and Heath Ledger’s brilliant iteration of the Joker made this film a true masterpiece. After this film, Christopher Nolan’s works’ scale just kept on getting more and more audacious. Be it The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk or Tenet. In each film Nolan wanted to do something bigger. It felt like Nolan had forgotten to make a good small scale drama, a genre that he once excelled in for example The Prestige or Memento.
After Tenet’s messy plot everyone was of the opinion that Nolan should try to make a drama once again. Guess what? He did and today we have gotten the first poster for his upcoming drama Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer: Full Poster Revealed!
The film is based on the life of Dr. Robert Oppenheimer who was involved in the Manhattan project that created the world’s worst nightmare- Nuclear Bombs. Oppenheimer had openly admitted that he regretted his involvement in making the Nuclear Bomb that lead to uncountable deaths. The film’s plot will surround this, although given Nolan’s track record there would be some Nolan element in the film like in The Prestige.
Oppenheimer will be the first film to be shot in B/W and IMAX. The film is made on a hefty budget of $100 Million. The film basically has half of Hollywood in it including Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman, Casey Affleck, Michael Angarano and without a doubt Michael Caine.
The story of the film is adapted from Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. The cinematographer of Nope- Hoyte Van Hoytema has collaborated with Christopher Nolan on this film. The music of the film will be given by Ludwig Göransson, the person behind the music of Black Panther and Tenet. It seems like Nolan has given up on his longtime collaborator Hans Zimmer as this will be the second film after Tenet where Zimmer has not given music to a Nolan film.
It makes sense as earlier last year Nolan also ended his long-term relationship with Warner Bros. due to WB pushing their entire 2021 line-up of films to a hybrid release format. Nolan’s films for now have found a new home in Universal Pictures. The poster of the film is gorgeous yet haunting as it show the effects of the Nuclear Bomb. Nolan currently sits at the 7th spot in the highest grossing directors of all time with $5.9 Billion. Oppenheimer would certainly help him cross the $6 Billion mark and possibly climb up a few spots.
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