Visionary film-maker Christopher Nolan is back with a movie that already looks like a big-time Oscar contender.   The brilliant writer-director has just released a full trailer for Oppenheimer…which will tell the tale of Atomic bomb creator Robert Oppenheimer.

Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow in Nolan’s Dark Knight films) will play the titular character.   Other notable names in the movie are Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, and more.

As for Nolan, it’s been quite the career.   From Memento to his Batman movies with Christian Bale…from Inception and Dunkirk and Tenet and more…Nolan is one of the most innovative and unique story-tellers in the world.

Oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21st of this year.   Check out the trailer below.

– East Side Dave

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