Though it already has almost every prominent acting name you can think of attached, director Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimercontinues to round out its supporting cast, addingDawn of the Planet of the ApesstarJason ClarkeandCSI: Crime Scene Investigationstar Louise Lombard to the upcoming biopic. Coming courtesy ofDeadline, the details of Clarke and Lombard’s roles inOppenheimerare currently unknown, but they will joinPeaky Blindersactor Cillian Murphy who leads the project as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
Jason Clarke is known for roles on both the big and small screen and is best known for roles in the likes ofZero Dark Thirty (2012), Lawless (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Everest (2015), Mudbound (2017), First Man (2018), Pet Sematary (2019),andTerminator Genisys (2015). Though, maybe we shouldn’t mention that last one. Most recently, Clarke starred as Jerry West inthe HBO seriesWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, which is due to conclude later this month.
Louise Lombard, meanwhile, is an English actress known for her roles in the BBC drama seriesThe House of Eliott,the CBS drama seriesCSI: Crime Scene Investigation,and the romantic dramaAfter We Collided.
Clarke and Lombard join what is possibly the most stellar cast in cinematic history. So far,OppenheimerstarsEmily Blunt,Matt Damon,Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, Olli Haaskivi, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Michael Angarano, Kenneth Branagh, David Dastmalchian, Scott Grimes, and Christopher Denham. One can only imagine what theOppenheimercasting budget is…
Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimerwill see the seminal director of such blockbuster classics asThe Dark KnightandInceptionmove away from frequent collaborator Warner Bros. for the first time. Instead, Universal Pictures, who reportedly won what was surely a dramatic bidding war forOppenheimer, will distribute Nolan’s next project.Oppenheimeris based on the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwi, the story will followCillian Murphyas J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who contributed towards the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb.
Universal recently revealed our first look atBatman Beginsstar Cillian Murphy in the title role of Oppenheimer. Perfectly displaying the haunted expression of the repentant scientist, the image casts Murphy in stark black-and-white, recreating an iconic image of the real-life Oppenheimer himself.
WhileOppenheimeris a biopic, the movie is expected to approach the tortured scientist’s story with the usual, unusual vision of Christopher Nolan. “The difference with this one is the story is there, everybody knows what happened. But Chris is telling it in a different way, as with Chris you would expect,” star Cillian Murphy has previously teased. “That’s all I can say. Is it focused on a particular period of his life? The Manhattan Project, perchance? I’m not going to say. They’d kill me — they’re so strict!”
Oppenheimeris scheduled to be theatrically released by Universal Pictures on July 05, 2025.
