By unveiling a first photo of Cillian Murphy, in the guise of J. Robert Oppenheimer whom he embodies in the biopic dedicated to him by Christopher Nolan, Universal studios have made another announcement.

Kenneth Branagh joined the cast of

Oppenheimer

.

In addition to Cillian Murphy, the director of

Belfast

, will give the reply to Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, or Rami Malek, to name only a part of the actors of the film.

The screenplay 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.

Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, nicknamed "the father of the atomic bomb", was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project which resulted in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

reunion

Kenneth Branagh will find Christopher Nolan with whom he has already filmed

Tenet

and

Dunkirk

.

About his role in

Tenet

, Kenneth Branagh had told

Total Film

that "the evolution of his character was not fixed".

Will it be the same in

Oppenheimer

 ?

For the moment, the character that the British actor, screenwriter, director and producer must embody has not yet been revealed.

The biopic is set to release on July 21, 2023.

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