The actor joins Cillian Murphy in the film, a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist remembered as the father of the atomic bomb.
“A Quiet Place” star Emily Blunt is set to star opposite Christopher Nolan in his upcoming film “Oppenheimer”.
According to Hollywood Reporter, Blunt joins previously announced cast member Cillian Murphy in the film.
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Universal Pictures Project J is a biopic of Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist remembered as the father of the atomic bomb.
While this is Blunt’s first film with Nolan, Murphy and the director have worked on his last three films, “Batman Begins”, “Inception” and “Dunkirk”.
“Oppenheimer” is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
Nolan will write and direct the film, while his creative partner and wife, Emma Thomas, will produce with Charles Rowen of Atlas Entertainment.
The studio described the film as an “epic thriller” that plunges viewers into the pulse-sharp paradox of the puzzler, who must risk destroying the world to save it.
Nolan’s last film was “Tenet,” a 2020 globe-trotting detective film starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh and Elizabeth Debicki.
‘Oppenheimer’ will be released in theaters on July 21, 2023.
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