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 Christopher Nolan is set to return to movie theaters in 2023 with the release of “Oppenheimer,” based on the life of theoretical physicist and “the father of the Atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer. Nolan has never made a biographical drama before, but don’t expect the Oscar-nominated director to take the traditional biopic route. As with all of Nolan’s films, expect the unexpected when it comes to “Oppenheimer.” An abundance of details about the project is scarce at the moment, but reports suggest Nolan will be scaling things back significantly after the $200 million-plus spectacle of “Tenet.” What does a $100 million Nolan biopic look like? We’re going to find out.

 Check out a rundown of everything we know about Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” below. IndieWire will continue to update this list as new information about the biographical drama is revealed.

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	Christopher Nolan is set to return to movie theaters in 2023 with the release of “Oppenheimer,” based on the life of theoretical physicist and “the father of the Atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer. Nolan has never made a biographical drama before, but don’t expect the Oscar-nominated director to take the traditional biopic route. As with all of Nolan’s films, expect the unexpected when it comes to “Oppenheimer.” An abundance of details about the project is scarce at the moment, but reports suggest Nolan will be scaling things back significantly after the $200 million-plus spectacle of “Tenet.” What does a $100 million Nolan biopic look like? We’re going to find out.
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<figure> <figure></figure> </figure> <p>The countdown is on for <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/is-peaky-blinders-based-on-a-true-story/">Cillian Murphy’s </a>return to the silver screen as death, the destroyer of worlds, in <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/christopher-nolan-hates-chairs/">Christopher Nolan’s</a> much-awaited biopic <em>Oppenheimer</em>. The movie, which stars Murphy alongside a star-studded cast comprised of big names like Robert Downey, Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh (to name a few), is generating a lot of buzz as this is the celebrated director’s very first biographical film. Knowing his love for unconventional storytelling with plenty of twists and turns, the excitement is very much merited. Here is everything we know so far. </p>
<h2>Christopher Nolan’s first biopic</h2> <figure><figcaption>(Hulton Archive / Getty Images)</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Oppenheimer </em>is, of course, <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/is-oppenheimer-based-on-a-true-story/">based on a true story</a> and takes its material from a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer titled <em>American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer</em>, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Published in 2005, the book won the  2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as well as the 2008 Duff Cooper Prize. Its official synopsis reads as follows: </p>
<blockquote> <p>“J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.”</p> </blockquote>
<p>In contrast, the film is being marketed as an “epic thriller,” which feels more fitting given Nolan’s background. His Academy Award-nominated film <em>Dunkirk</em>, which depicted the miracle of the famous rescue mission on the beaches of France during the darkest hours of World War II, was told from three perspectives, and just like in the trailer of <em>Oppenheimer</em>, prominently featured a ticking clock—yet another detail Nolan is often fond of: time.</p>
<p>Although this is technically Nolan’s first project focusing on a real person’s life, he has on several occasions talked of having written a script that could have been a biopic about the eccentric billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes. He described the ultimately junked screenplay as probably his best work, but decided to forgo the project after the release of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s <em>The Aviator</em>, which also centered on Hughes’ life. </p>
<h2><em>Oppenheimer</em><strong> </strong>plot</h2> <p>Universal’s official summary describes the film as an “epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.” </p> <p>As previously mentioned, Nolan is said to be basing the film on Bird and Sherwin’s book, but will be adapting it himself. We can only assume that he will also most likely cover the events that transpired after the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the infamous hearings that led to the revocation of Oppenheimer’s security clearance due to his ties to the Communist Party. </p>
<h2><strong>The </strong>ensemble cast of <em>Oppenheimer</em></h2> <figure><figcaption>(Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images for Deadline / MPI, Getty Images)</figcaption></figure> <p>We’ve previously broken down the <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/nolan-oppenheimer-bopic-cast-real-life/">film’s cast and their real-life counterparts</a>, but there still remain several actors with unnamed roles. These include Olivia Thirlby, Gary Oldman (who previously worked with Nolan in <em>The Dark Knight</em> and is confirmed to make a cameo), Tony Goldwyn, Alex Wolff, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Rysdahl, Jason Clarke, David Dastmalchian, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Quaid, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, and Alden Ehrenreich. Josh Peck will also be appearing as a scientist named Kenneth Bainbridge. </p>
<h2>Nolan’s first film with Universal Pictures</h2> <p>For the past two decades, Nolan’s films have always called Warner Bros. home, but following a split during the pandemic which arose from issues with the release of <em>Tenet</em>, <em>Oppenheimer </em>will be opening under the Universal Pictures banner. This is Nolan’s first film outside of the Warner Bros. lot since 2002. The decision came after Warner Bros. moved for all of its films to open in theaters on the same day they were released for streaming—a decision, according to Nolan, that had been made without any consultation. </p>
<h2><strong>Familiar faces </strong></h2> <p>As he does with his actors, Nolan is known for having a team of collaborators he consistently works with in most or all of his projects. Some familiar names and faces returning for <em>Oppenheimer </em>include cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, editor Jennifer Lame, and composer Ludwig Göransson (this will be his second project with Nolan, although one has to ask: where is Hans Zimmer?). Unsurprisingly, the film will be shot in both IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film—the same formats for both <em>Tenet </em>and <em>Dunkirk</em>. </p>
<h2>Will <em>Oppenheimer</em> be presented in black and white?</h2> <p>Nolan has played with black and white before, with both <em>Following </em>and <em>Memento, </em>and—save for the explosions—<em>Oppenheimer</em>’s trailer is primarily in black and white, as well. Perhaps it could be a girl-in-the-red-coat situation just like in <em>Schindler’s List</em>? </p> <h2><strong><em>Oppenheimer</em> teaser trailer </strong></h2> <p>Now, the teaser trailer is probably one of the most interesting details about <em>Oppenheimer</em> so far. Released on July 28, the one-minute clip shows Cillian Murphy as the titular character getting ready before walking off with several journalists trailing behind him. A voiceover calls him the “most important man to have ever lived.” What makes this trailer interesting is that it literally sets off a countdown. When you look it up on YouTube, it comes in the form of a stream that is counting down to the film’s premiere date, July 21, 2023—although <a href="https://screenrant.com/oppenheimer-movie-teaser-trailer-explained/">some have pointed out</a> that the clock actually runs out on July 16, 2023, which would be the 78th anniversary of Oppenheimer initially calling for a test for the very first atomic bomb.  </p>
<figure><p> </p></figure> <h2><strong>Official poster</strong></h2> <p>The poster depicts Murphy in a sea of clouds and smoke with the words, “The world forever changes.” It was released just days before the teaser trailer. </p>
<figure></figure> <h2>The official <em>Oppenheimer</em> trailer</h2> <figure><p> </p></figure>
<p>Much like its initial teaser trailer, <em>Oppenheimer</em>’s first full-length look at the much-awaited film opens with a blaze. It gives us a quick look into the Los Alamos Laboratories—the heart of the Manhattan Project. The one-minute trailer provides a quick overview of Oppenheimer’s experiments and the creation of the atomic bomb itself. At the same time, Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer ominously narrates his qualms and reservations about what would be his legacy.</p>
<p>“They won’t fear it until they understand it, and they won’t understand it until they’ve used it. I don’t know if we can be trusted with such a weapon,” he says in the voiceover. </p> <p>Nolan himself has described this project as his most challenging one to date. Speaking exclusively with <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-scale-interview/"><em>Total Film</em></a>, the director shared his and his team’s extensive processes with <em>Oppenheimer</em>—particularly his love for practical effects: </p>
<blockquote> <p>“I think recreating the Trinity test [the first nuclear weapon detonation, [in New Mexico] without the use of computer graphics, was a huge challenge to take on. Andrew Jackson – my visual effects supervisor, I got him on board early on – was looking at how we could do a lot of the visual elements of the film practically, from representing quantum dynamics and quantum physics to the Trinity test itself, to recreating, with my team, Los Alamos up on a mesa in New Mexico in extraordinary weather, a lot of which was needed for the film, in terms of the very harsh conditions out there – there were huge practical challenges.” </p> </blockquote>
<p>Nolan is, of course, <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/heres-all-the-insane-things-christopher-nolan-has-done-in-the-name-of-cinema/">no stranger to practical filmmaking</a>. For <em>Tenet</em>, he crashed an actual 747 into a building. There was also the truck flip in <em>The Dark Knight</em> and the detailed sets of <em>Interstellar</em>. One can only imagine what he and his team are brewing for <em>Oppenheimer</em>. We are definitely seated.</p> <h2><em>Oppenheimer </em><strong>Release date</strong></h2> <p><em>Oppenheimer </em>opens in theaters on July 21, 2023, just two weeks away from the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. </p>
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 The countdown is on for Cillian Murphy’s return to the silver screen as death, the destroyer of worlds, in Christopher Nolan’s much-awaited biopic Oppenheimer. The movie, which stars Murphy alongside a star-studded cast comprised of big names like Robert Downey, Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh (to name a few), is generating a lot of buzz as this is the celebrated director’s very first biographical film. Knowing his love for unconventional storytelling with plenty of twists and turns, the excitement is very much merited. Here is everything we know so far.

 Christopher Nolan’s first biopic

 (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

 Oppenheimer is, of course, based on a true story and takes its material from a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer titled American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Published in 2005, the book won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as well as the 2008 Duff Cooper Prize. Its official synopsis reads as follows:

 “J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.”

 In contrast, the film is being marketed as an “epic thriller,” which feels more fitting given Nolan’s background. His Academy Award-nominated film Dunkirk, which depicted the miracle of the famous rescue mission on the beaches of France during the darkest hours of World War II, was told from three perspectives, and just like in the trailer of Oppenheimer, prominently featured a ticking clock—yet another detail Nolan is often fond of: time.

 Although this is technically Nolan’s first project focusing on a real person’s life, he has on several occasions talked of having written a script that could have been a biopic about the eccentric billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes. He described the ultimately junked screenplay as probably his best work, but decided to forgo the project after the release of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Aviator, which also centered on Hughes’ life.

 Oppenheimer plot

 Universal’s official summary describes the film as an “epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”

 As previously mentioned, Nolan is said to be basing the film on Bird and Sherwin’s book, but will be adapting it himself. We can only assume that he will also most likely cover the events that transpired after the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the infamous hearings that led to the revocation of Oppenheimer’s security clearance due to his ties to the Communist Party.

 The ensemble cast of Oppenheimer

 (Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images for Deadline / MPI, Getty Images)

 We’ve previously broken down the film’s cast and their real-life counterparts, but there still remain several actors with unnamed roles. These include Olivia Thirlby, Gary Oldman (who previously worked with Nolan in The Dark Knight and is confirmed to make a cameo), Tony Goldwyn, Alex Wolff, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Rysdahl, Jason Clarke, David Dastmalchian, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Quaid, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, and Alden Ehrenreich. Josh Peck will also be appearing as a scientist named Kenneth Bainbridge.

 Nolan’s first film with Universal Pictures

 For the past two decades, Nolan’s films have always called Warner Bros. home, but following a split during the pandemic which arose from issues with the release of Tenet, Oppenheimer will be opening under the Universal Pictures banner. This is Nolan’s first film outside of the Warner Bros. lot since 2002. The decision came after Warner Bros. moved for all of its films to open in theaters on the same day they were released for streaming—a decision, according to Nolan, that had been made without any consultation.

 Familiar faces

 As he does with his actors, Nolan is known for having a team of collaborators he consistently works with in most or all of his projects. Some familiar names and faces returning for Oppenheimer include cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, editor Jennifer Lame, and composer Ludwig Göransson (this will be his second project with Nolan, although one has to ask: where is Hans Zimmer?). Unsurprisingly, the film will be shot in both IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film—the same formats for both Tenet and Dunkirk.

 Will Oppenheimer be presented in black and white?

 Nolan has played with black and white before, with both Following and Memento, and—save for the explosions—Oppenheimer’s trailer is primarily in black and white, as well. Perhaps it could be a girl-in-the-red-coat situation just like in Schindler’s List?

 Oppenheimer teaser trailer

 Now, the teaser trailer is probably one of the most interesting details about Oppenheimer so far. Released on July 28, the one-minute clip shows Cillian Murphy as the titular character getting ready before walking off with several journalists trailing behind him. A voiceover calls him the “most important man to have ever lived.” What makes this trailer interesting is that it literally sets off a countdown. When you look it up on YouTube, it comes in the form of a stream that is counting down to the film’s premiere date, July 21, 2023—although some have pointed out that the clock actually runs out on July 16, 2023, which would be the 78th anniversary of Oppenheimer initially calling for a test for the very first atomic bomb.

 Official poster

 The poster depicts Murphy in a sea of clouds and smoke with the words, “The world forever changes.” It was released just days before the teaser trailer.

 #Oppenheimer – Only in theaters 7 21 23 pic.twitter.com/olB1RLnNZl

 — Oppenheimer (@OppenheimerFilm) July 21, 2022

 The official Oppenheimer trailer

 Much like its initial teaser trailer, Oppenheimer’s first full-length look at the much-awaited film opens with a blaze. It gives us a quick look into the Los Alamos Laboratories—the heart of the Manhattan Project. The one-minute trailer provides a quick overview of Oppenheimer’s experiments and the creation of the atomic bomb itself. At the same time, Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer ominously narrates his qualms and reservations about what would be his legacy.

 “They won’t fear it until they understand it, and they won’t understand it until they’ve used it. I don’t know if we can be trusted with such a weapon,” he says in the voiceover.

 Nolan himself has described this project as his most challenging one to date. Speaking exclusively with Total Film, the director shared his and his team’s extensive processes with Oppenheimer—particularly his love for practical effects:

 “I think recreating the Trinity test [the first nuclear weapon detonation, [in New Mexico] without the use of computer graphics, was a huge challenge to take on. Andrew Jackson – my visual effects supervisor, I got him on board early on – was looking at how we could do a lot of the visual elements of the film practically, from representing quantum dynamics and quantum physics to the Trinity test itself, to recreating, with my team, Los Alamos up on a mesa in New Mexico in extraordinary weather, a lot of which was needed for the film, in terms of the very harsh conditions out there – there were huge practical challenges.”

 Nolan is, of course, no stranger to practical filmmaking. For Tenet, he crashed an actual 747 into a building. There was also the truck flip in The Dark Knight and the detailed sets of Interstellar. One can only imagine what he and his team are brewing for Oppenheimer. We are definitely seated.

 Oppenheimer Release date

 Oppenheimer opens in theaters on July 21, 2023, just two weeks away from the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

 (featured image: Universal Pictures)

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The countdown is on for Cillian Murphy’s return to the silver screen as death, the destroyer of worlds, in Christopher Nolan’s much-awaited biopic Oppenheimer. The movie, which stars Murphy alongside a star-studded cast comprised of big names like Robert Downey, Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh (to name a few), is generating a lot of buzz as this is the celebrated director’s very first biographical film. Knowing his love for unconventional storytelling with plenty of twists and turns, the excitement is very much merited. Here is everything we know so far. 
Christopher Nolan’s first biopic  (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)   Oppenheimer is, of course, based on a true story and takes its material from a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer titled American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Published in 2005, the book won the  2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as well as the 2008 Duff Cooper Prize. Its official synopsis reads as follows: 
 “J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.” 
In contrast, the film is being marketed as an “epic thriller,” which feels more fitting given Nolan’s background. His Academy Award-nominated film Dunkirk, which depicted the miracle of the famous rescue mission on the beaches of France during the darkest hours of World War II, was told from three perspectives, and just like in the trailer of Oppenheimer, prominently featured a ticking clock—yet another detail Nolan is often fond of: time.
Although this is technically Nolan’s first project focusing on a real person’s life, he has on several occasions talked of having written a script that could have been a biopic about the eccentric billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes. He described the ultimately junked screenplay as probably his best work, but decided to forgo the project after the release of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Aviator, which also centered on Hughes’ life. 
 Oppenheimer  plot Universal’s official summary describes the film as an “epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”  As previously mentioned, Nolan is said to be basing the film on Bird and Sherwin’s book, but will be adapting it himself. We can only assume that he will also most likely cover the events that transpired after the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the infamous hearings that led to the revocation of Oppenheimer’s security clearance due to his ties to the Communist Party. 
 The ensemble cast of Oppenheimer   (Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images for Deadline / MPI, Getty Images)  We’ve previously broken down the film’s cast and their real-life counterparts, but there still remain several actors with unnamed roles. These include Olivia Thirlby, Gary Oldman (who previously worked with Nolan in The Dark Knight and is confirmed to make a cameo), Tony Goldwyn, Alex Wolff, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Rysdahl, Jason Clarke, David Dastmalchian, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Quaid, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, and Alden Ehrenreich. Josh Peck will also be appearing as a scientist named Kenneth Bainbridge. 
Nolan’s first film with Universal Pictures For the past two decades, Nolan’s films have always called Warner Bros. home, but following a split during the pandemic which arose from issues with the release of Tenet, Oppenheimer will be opening under the Universal Pictures banner. This is Nolan’s first film outside of the Warner Bros. lot since 2002. The decision came after Warner Bros. moved for all of its films to open in theaters on the same day they were released for streaming—a decision, according to Nolan, that had been made without any consultation. 
 Familiar faces   As he does with his actors, Nolan is known for having a team of collaborators he consistently works with in most or all of his projects. Some familiar names and faces returning for Oppenheimer include cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, editor Jennifer Lame, and composer Ludwig Göransson (this will be his second project with Nolan, although one has to ask: where is Hans Zimmer?). Unsurprisingly, the film will be shot in both IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film—the same formats for both Tenet and Dunkirk. 
Will Oppenheimer be presented in black and white? Nolan has played with black and white before, with both Following and Memento, and—save for the explosions—Oppenheimer’s trailer is primarily in black and white, as well. Perhaps it could be a girl-in-the-red-coat situation just like in Schindler’s List?    Oppenheimer teaser trailer   Now, the teaser trailer is probably one of the most interesting details about Oppenheimer so far. Released on July 28, the one-minute clip shows Cillian Murphy as the titular character getting ready before walking off with several journalists trailing behind him. A voiceover calls him the “most important man to have ever lived.” What makes this trailer interesting is that it literally sets off a countdown. When you look it up on YouTube, it comes in the form of a stream that is counting down to the film’s premiere date, July 21, 2023—although some have pointed out that the clock actually runs out on July 16, 2023, which would be the 78th anniversary of Oppenheimer initially calling for a test for the very first atomic bomb.  
     Official poster  The poster depicts Murphy in a sea of clouds and smoke with the words, “The world forever changes.” It was released just days before the teaser trailer. 
  The official Oppenheimer trailer    
Much like its initial teaser trailer, Oppenheimer’s first full-length look at the much-awaited film opens with a blaze. It gives us a quick look into the Los Alamos Laboratories—the heart of the Manhattan Project. The one-minute trailer provides a quick overview of Oppenheimer’s experiments and the creation of the atomic bomb itself. At the same time, Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer ominously narrates his qualms and reservations about what would be his legacy.
“They won’t fear it until they understand it, and they won’t understand it until they’ve used it. I don’t know if we can be trusted with such a weapon,” he says in the voiceover.  Nolan himself has described this project as his most challenging one to date. Speaking exclusively with  Total Film , the director shared his and his team’s extensive processes with Oppenheimer—particularly his love for practical effects: 
 “I think recreating the Trinity test [the first nuclear weapon detonation, [in New Mexico] without the use of computer graphics, was a huge challenge to take on. Andrew Jackson – my visual effects supervisor, I got him on board early on – was looking at how we could do a lot of the visual elements of the film practically, from representing quantum dynamics and quantum physics to the Trinity test itself, to recreating, with my team, Los Alamos up on a mesa in New Mexico in extraordinary weather, a lot of which was needed for the film, in terms of the very harsh conditions out there – there were huge practical challenges.”  
Nolan is, of course, no stranger to practical filmmaking. For Tenet, he crashed an actual 747 into a building. There was also the truck flip in The Dark Knight and the detailed sets of Interstellar. One can only imagine what he and his team are brewing for Oppenheimer. We are definitely seated.  Oppenheimer  Release date   Oppenheimer opens in theaters on July 21, 2023, just two weeks away from the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. 
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<div><section><p>Seeing Cillian Murphy pop up in a Christopher Nolan project is as commonplace as any of the other frequent turns the director likes to lace his films with. In fact, Nolan movies account for much of <a href="https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/film-tv/peaky-blinders-apparently-wont-return-for-a-sixth-season-until-2022/image-gallery/06598b27552ff534172752f0d8c8ea56">the Irish actor's CV </a>outside of <a href="https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/film-tv/peaky-blinders-apparently-wont-return-for-a-sixth-season-until-2022/image-gallery/06598b27552ff534172752f0d8c8ea56">the <em>Peaky Blinders</em> TV universe</a>, including roles in <em>Batman Begins</em>, <em>Inception</em>, and <em>Dunkirk</em>. But while Murphy's roles have always been in the supporting cast, now, he's set to take centre stage in the director's next project post-<em>Tenet</em>, with <a href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/cillian-murphy-starring-in-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-film/">reports from Hollywood emerging last month that he will play Dr J. Robert Oppenheimer</a> in a biopic depicting the life and times of the nuclear physicist whose discoveries changed the world.</p><p>Now, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/11/robert-downey-jr-matt-damon-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1234859892/"><em>Deadline</em></a> have revealed that he'll be joined by both Robert Downey Jr., who will play U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss, and Matt Damon, who will play Manhattan Project director Lieutenant General Leslie Groves. Rumours have also suggested that Murphy's <em>A Quiet Place: Part II</em> co-star Emily Blunt is in talks to play Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine.</p><p>Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book <em>American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer</em>, the film, simply titled <em>Oppenheimer</em>, will chart the role Oppenheimer played in the development of the Atomic Bombs that would go on to be dropped with devastating effect on Japan towards the end of World War II. The global tension over the use of said nuclear weapons, of course, would go on to become the key defining pillars of the Cold War, throwing the entire world into a decades-long period of fear over the prospect of mutually-assured destruction.</p><p>Oppenheimer himself presented an increasingly conflicted figure as he came to realise the destructive power of the weapons he had helped bring into the world, eventually coming to campaign against the further development of both nuclear and hydrogen weapons.</p><p>While this sounds like a slower-paced project for a director who has become synonymous with thrillers that overload the senses with action, noise and Hans Zimmer soundtracks, Universal has promised the film will take viewers on an equally wild, if more intimate trip. They called it "an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it."</p><p>Nolan will also work with some of his most frequent collaborators on the project. Per <em><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cillian-murphy-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1235028622/">The Hollywood Reporter</a></em>, Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, who worked as DOP on <a href="https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/film-tv/the-reviews-for-christopher-nolans-tenet-are-in-but-has-it-lived-up-to-the-hype/image-gallery/638576b42e557c3ee941680ad36eea9d"><em>Tenet</em></a>, <em>Dunkirk</em> and <em>Interstellar</em> will return, as will editor Jennifer Lame, composer Ludwig Göransson and producer Emma Thomas, who is also Nolan's wife. Filming is due to commence in early 2022.</p><p>--</p><p><a href="https://www.newsletters.news.com.au/gq">Sign up to <em>GQ</em><em> Australia</em> Daily</a> to stay up to date with the latest in entertainment, style, fitness and business.</p></section></div>||||I||||                          StyleGroomingShoppingHealthCultureLifestyleGQ SportsMOTY
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                            Brad Nash 3 Nov 2021

                            In his first lead role in a Nolan flick, the Peaky Blinders star will play Atomic Bomb developer J. Robert Oppenheimer in the wartime drama.

          Seeing Cillian Murphy pop up in a Christopher Nolan project is as commonplace as any of the other frequent turns the director likes to lace his films with. In fact, Nolan movies account for much of the Irish actor's CV outside of the Peaky Blinders TV universe, including roles in Batman Begins, Inception, and Dunkirk. But while Murphy's roles have always been in the supporting cast, now, he's set to take centre stage in the director's next project post-Tenet, with reports from Hollywood emerging last month that he will play Dr J. Robert Oppenheimer in a biopic depicting the life and times of the nuclear physicist whose discoveries changed the world.

          Now, Deadline have revealed that he'll be joined by both Robert Downey Jr., who will play U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss, and Matt Damon, who will play Manhattan Project director Lieutenant General Leslie Groves. Rumours have also suggested that Murphy's A Quiet Place: Part II co-star Emily Blunt is in talks to play Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine.

          Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film, simply titled Oppenheimer, will chart the role Oppenheimer played in the development of the Atomic Bombs that would go on to be dropped with devastating effect on Japan towards the end of World War II. The global tension over the use of said nuclear weapons, of course, would go on to become the key defining pillars of the Cold War, throwing the entire world into a decades-long period of fear over the prospect of mutually-assured destruction.

          Oppenheimer himself presented an increasingly conflicted figure as he came to realise the destructive power of the weapons he had helped bring into the world, eventually coming to campaign against the further development of both nuclear and hydrogen weapons.

          While this sounds like a slower-paced project for a director who has become synonymous with thrillers that overload the senses with action, noise and Hans Zimmer soundtracks, Universal has promised the film will take viewers on an equally wild, if more intimate trip. They called it "an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it."

          Nolan will also work with some of his most frequent collaborators on the project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, who worked as DOP on Tenet, Dunkirk and Interstellar will return, as will editor Jennifer Lame, composer Ludwig Göransson and producer Emma Thomas, who is also Nolan's wife. Filming is due to commence in early 2022.

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                          Cillian Murphy to team up with Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. in Chris Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'
                            Brad Nash 3 Nov 2021
                            In his first lead role in a Nolan flick, the Peaky Blinders star will play Atomic Bomb developer J. Robert Oppenheimer in the wartime drama.
          Seeing Cillian Murphy pop up in a Christopher Nolan project is as commonplace as any of the other frequent turns the director likes to lace his films with. In fact, Nolan movies account for much of the Irish actor's CV outside of the Peaky Blinders TV universe, including roles in Batman Begins, Inception, and Dunkirk. But while Murphy's roles have always been in the supporting cast, now, he's set to take centre stage in the director's next project post-Tenet, with reports from Hollywood emerging last month that he will play Dr J. Robert Oppenheimer in a biopic depicting the life and times of the nuclear physicist whose discoveries changed the world.
          Now, Deadline have revealed that he'll be joined by both Robert Downey Jr., who will play U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss, and Matt Damon, who will play Manhattan Project director Lieutenant General Leslie Groves. Rumours have also suggested that Murphy's A Quiet Place: Part II co-star Emily Blunt is in talks to play Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine.
          Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film, simply titled Oppenheimer, will chart the role Oppenheimer played in the development of the Atomic Bombs that would go on to be dropped with devastating effect on Japan towards the end of World War II. The global tension over the use of said nuclear weapons, of course, would go on to become the key defining pillars of the Cold War, throwing the entire world into a decades-long period of fear over the prospect of mutually-assured destruction.
          Oppenheimer himself presented an increasingly conflicted figure as he came to realise the destructive power of the weapons he had helped bring into the world, eventually coming to campaign against the further development of both nuclear and hydrogen weapons.
          While this sounds like a slower-paced project for a director who has become synonymous with thrillers that overload the senses with action, noise and Hans Zimmer soundtracks, Universal has promised the film will take viewers on an equally wild, if more intimate trip. They called it "an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it."
          Nolan will also work with some of his most frequent collaborators on the project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, who worked as DOP on Tenet, Dunkirk and Interstellar will return, as will editor Jennifer Lame, composer Ludwig Göransson and producer Emma Thomas, who is also Nolan's wife. Filming is due to commence in early 2022.
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<p><a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/hans-zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a> has been scoring major motion pictures for over 30 years, and among the filmmakers he’s collaborated with on multiple occasions is <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/christopher-nolan">Christopher Nolan</a>. Zimmer has composed music for six of Nolan’s movies, <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interstellar-Composer-Refuses-Admit-There-Anything-Wrong-With-Sound-68831.html">including 2014’s <em>Interstellar</em></a>. In fact, it’s thanks to Zimmer musical talents that Nolan made <em>Interstellar</em> in the first place.</p><p>During Hans Zimmer’s recent visit to <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/podcasts">the Reelblend podcast</a> to talk about his work on <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/denis-villeneuve">Denis Villeneuve</a>’s <em>Dune</em> (which he chose <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/the-real-reason-hans-zimmer-chose-dune-over-christopher-nolans-tenet-and-how-nolan-responded">over re-teaming with Christopher Nolan on <em>Tenet</em></a>), co-host Kevin McCarthy brought up a story about how Villeneuve cried when he first heard the “Paul’s Dream” track during a Zoom meeting with the composer, and then McCarthy asked Zimmer what it’s like to present a filmmaker his music in such a fashion and see their reaction, especially if it involves tears. After noting how he learned a long time ago not to look at a director when they listen to a piece of his music for the first time in case there’s a “slight shadow of disgust and disdain” on their face, Zimmer said the following:</p><figure><blockquote><p>It goes back to Chris Nolan and Interstellar. Chris asked me to write this piece of music before he’d even written the script. So I play it to him without looking at him. You can see the couch behind me, he was sitting on the couch. So I was not facing him, and I got to the end of it and I said, ‘So what do you think?’ And he’s just leaning back and goes, ‘Hmm, suppose I better make the movie.’ And I’m going, ‘What is the movie?’ Because he never told me what it was going to be about.</p></blockquote></figure><p>Before going further, it’s important to note that <em><a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/interstellar">Interstellar</a></em> didn’t originate from Christopher Nolan; the project had been in development since the mid-2000s, with <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2475525/that-time-interstellar-south-park-and-more-huge-franchises-were-traded-for-one-another">Steven Spielberg previously having been lined up to direct</a>. That being said, evidently even before he started working on <em><a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/interstellar">Interstellar</a></em>, Nolan had an idea for a piece of music he wanted included in the hypothetical movie, and once Hans Zimmer put it together, that was enough to persuade <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2471590/how-interstellar-turned-christopher-nolan-into-an-actual-corn-farmer">Nolan to actually make the movie</a>. Zimmer, on the other hand, had to wait a spell before learning the plot.</p><p>Starring <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/matthew-mcconaughey">Matthew McConaughey</a>, <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/anne-hathaway">Anne Hathaway</a> and <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/jessica-chastain">Jessica Chastain</a>, among others, <em>Interstellar</em> followed a team of astronauts who are sent through a wormhole near Saturn to find a new home for humanity, as Earth’s natural resources have almost been depleted. Along with scoring a decent amount of positive reception and taking home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, <em>Interstellar</em> pulled in over $700 million at the worldwide box office, making it the tenth highest-grossing movie of 2014. Zimmer also received various accolades for his <em>Interstellar</em> score, including Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.</p><p>Along with <em><a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/tag/dune">Dune</a></em>, you can hear Hans Zimmer’s musical work in the recent releases <em>No Time to Die</em> and <em>Army of Thieves</em> (both of which he worked on with <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385360/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">Steve Mazzaro</a>). As for Christopher Nolan, he’s now <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/oppenheimer-release-date-cast-and-other-things-we-know-about-the-christopher-nolan-movie">putting together his Robert Oppenheimer biopic</a>, and it’s reasonable to assume he’ll try to snag Zimmer for scoring duties.</p><div><section><p>Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News</p></section></div>
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 How Hans Zimmer Convinced Christopher Nolan to Make Interstellar

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 Interstellar fans, send your gratitude to Hans Zimmer.

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 Hans Zimmer has been scoring major motion pictures for over 30 years, and among the filmmakers he’s collaborated with on multiple occasions is Christopher Nolan. Zimmer has composed music for six of Nolan’s movies, including 2014’s Interstellar. In fact, it’s thanks to Zimmer musical talents that Nolan made Interstellar in the first place.

 During Hans Zimmer’s recent visit to the Reelblend podcast to talk about his work on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (which he chose over re-teaming with Christopher Nolan on Tenet), co-host Kevin McCarthy brought up a story about how Villeneuve cried when he first heard the “Paul’s Dream” track during a Zoom meeting with the composer, and then McCarthy asked Zimmer what it’s like to present a filmmaker his music in such a fashion and see their reaction, especially if it involves tears. After noting how he learned a long time ago not to look at a director when they listen to a piece of his music for the first time in case there’s a “slight shadow of disgust and disdain” on their face, Zimmer said the following:

 It goes back to Chris Nolan and Interstellar. Chris asked me to write this piece of music before he’d even written the script. So I play it to him without looking at him. You can see the couch behind me, he was sitting on the couch. So I was not facing him, and I got to the end of it and I said, ‘So what do you think?’ And he’s just leaning back and goes, ‘Hmm, suppose I better make the movie.’ And I’m going, ‘What is the movie?’ Because he never told me what it was going to be about.

 Before going further, it’s important to note that Interstellar didn’t originate from Christopher Nolan; the project had been in development since the mid-2000s, with Steven Spielberg previously having been lined up to direct. That being said, evidently even before he started working on Interstellar, Nolan had an idea for a piece of music he wanted included in the hypothetical movie, and once Hans Zimmer put it together, that was enough to persuade Nolan to actually make the movie. Zimmer, on the other hand, had to wait a spell before learning the plot.

 Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, among others, Interstellar followed a team of astronauts who are sent through a wormhole near Saturn to find a new home for humanity, as Earth’s natural resources have almost been depleted. Along with scoring a decent amount of positive reception and taking home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Interstellar pulled in over $700 million at the worldwide box office, making it the tenth highest-grossing movie of 2014. Zimmer also received various accolades for his Interstellar score, including Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.

 Along with Dune, you can hear Hans Zimmer’s musical work in the recent releases No Time to Die and Army of Thieves (both of which he worked on with Steve Mazzaro). As for Christopher Nolan, he’s now putting together his Robert Oppenheimer biopic, and it’s reasonable to assume he’ll try to snag Zimmer for scoring duties.

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Hans Zimmer has been scoring major motion pictures for over 30 years, and among the filmmakers he’s collaborated with on multiple occasions is Christopher Nolan. Zimmer has composed music for six of Nolan’s movies, including 2014’s Interstellar . In fact, it’s thanks to Zimmer musical talents that Nolan made Interstellar in the first place. During Hans Zimmer’s recent visit to the Reelblend podcast to talk about his work on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (which he chose over re-teaming with Christopher Nolan on Tenet ), co-host Kevin McCarthy brought up a story about how Villeneuve cried when he first heard the “Paul’s Dream” track during a Zoom meeting with the composer, and then McCarthy asked Zimmer what it’s like to present a filmmaker his music in such a fashion and see their reaction, especially if it involves tears. After noting how he learned a long time ago not to look at a director when they listen to a piece of his music for the first time in case there’s a “slight shadow of disgust and disdain” on their face, Zimmer said the following:   It goes back to Chris Nolan and Interstellar. Chris asked me to write this piece of music before he’d even written the script. So I play it to him without looking at him. You can see the couch behind me, he was sitting on the couch. So I was not facing him, and I got to the end of it and I said, ‘So what do you think?’ And he’s just leaning back and goes, ‘Hmm, suppose I better make the movie.’ And I’m going, ‘What is the movie?’ Because he never told me what it was going to be about.   Before going further, it’s important to note that  Interstellar  didn’t originate from Christopher Nolan; the project had been in development since the mid-2000s, with Steven Spielberg previously having been lined up to direct. That being said, evidently even before he started working on  Interstellar , Nolan had an idea for a piece of music he wanted included in the hypothetical movie, and once Hans Zimmer put it together, that was enough to persuade Nolan to actually make the movie. Zimmer, on the other hand, had to wait a spell before learning the plot. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, among others, Interstellar followed a team of astronauts who are sent through a wormhole near Saturn to find a new home for humanity, as Earth’s natural resources have almost been depleted. Along with scoring a decent amount of positive reception and taking home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Interstellar pulled in over $700 million at the worldwide box office, making it the tenth highest-grossing movie of 2014. Zimmer also received various accolades for his Interstellar score, including Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Along with  Dune , you can hear Hans Zimmer’s musical work in the recent releases No Time to Die and Army of Thieves (both of which he worked on with Steve Mazzaro). As for Christopher Nolan, he’s now putting together his Robert Oppenheimer biopic, and it’s reasonable to assume he’ll try to snag Zimmer for scoring duties.   Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News  
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<p><em>Amsterdam</em> directed by David O. Russell melds fiction and fact to bring about one of the most anticipated movies of 2022. The Oscar-nominated director David Owen Russell is known for directing <em>Joy, American Hustle</em>, and <em>Silver Linings Playbook</em>.</p>
<figure><figcaption>David O. Russell and Christian Bale from American Hustle</figcaption></figure>
<p>The film follows the journey of three friends who turn from witnesses to suspects as one of the most scandalous plots in American History is uncovered. The movie is scheduled to release on November 4 this year.</p>
<figure><figcaption>A still from the movie Amsterdam</figcaption></figure>
<p>The heavily anticipated movie which has been kept mostly hidden from the public includes big names such as <em>Thor: Love and Thunder</em> star Christian Bale is cast alongside Chris Rock, Margot Robbie, and Robert De Niro.</p>
<p><strong>Related: </strong><strong><a href="https://fandomwire.com/cinemacon-2022-every-major-movie-announcement/">CinemaCon 2022: Every Major Movie Announcement</a></strong></p>
<h2>Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer</h2>
<p>Christopher Nolan is known for making ambitious films, best-known ones including <em>Interstellar, Tenet, </em>and <em>Inception</em>. With fans of Christopher Nolan in high anticipation, his next movie <em>Oppenheimer</em> is set to release in 2023.</p>
<figure><figcaption>Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer</figcaption></figure>
<p>Another aspect of the film that has received much hype is the insane star power of the cast. The film includes megastars such as <em>Peaky Blinders</em>‘ Cillian Murphy, <em>the Martian</em> Matt Damon, and <em>Iron Man’s</em> Robert Downey Jr. Other famous stars include Emily Blunt and Gary Oldman.</p>
<p><strong>Also read: </strong><strong><a href="https://fandomwire.com/christopher-nolan-made-interstellar-because-of-his-music-says-hans-zimmer-ia/">Christopher Nolan Made Interstellar Because Of His Music, Says Hans Zimmer</a></strong></p>
<p>But the talent doesn’t end here, the bucket keeps overflowing as it includes Kenneth Branagh who was in Christopher Nolan’s <em>Tenet </em>and <em>Stranger Things</em>‘ Matthew Modine.</p>
<figure><figcaption>Memento director Christopher Nolan</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Has a rivalry been born?</h2>
<p>It’s common for films or studios to develop rivalries, take the example of DC v. Marvel or Star Wars. v. Star Trek. But the rivalry between<em> Amsterdam</em> and <em>Oppenheimer</em> is interestingly unique, as it is a battle of stars.</p>
<p><strong>You may also like: </strong><a href="https://fandomwire.com/why-marvel-refuses-to-make-dark-realistic-movies-like-nolans-dark-knight/"><strong>Why Marvel Refuses To Make Dark, Realistic Movies Like Nolan’s Dark Knight</strong></a></p>
<p>In the case of <em>Amsterdam,</em> while Christian Bale and Chris Rock are hot after their recent spike in popularity for different reasons, the popular cast just gets bigger, as it also includes Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, and John David Washington.</p>
<figure><figcaption>The infamous slap from the Oscars</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Check out: </strong><strong><a href="https://www.animatedtimes.com/movies-where-the-director-went-dictator-mode-the-actors-revolted/">Movies Where The Director Went ‘Dictator Mode’ &amp; The Actors Revolted</a></strong></p>
<p>Similar to <em>Oppenheimer</em>, the cast of <em>Amsterdam</em> is also brimming with talent with the cast of Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Mike Myers. Another common theme in both films is the historic setting.</p>
<p>Despite of the similarities, both the filmmakers have a very different directorial style, so the comparison is not completely justified. In the end, this unique rivalry can make or break a film, as the famous saying goes ““</p>
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 Set in the ’30s, the ambitious movie, Amsterdam directed by David O. Russell melds fiction and fact to bring about one of the most anticipated movies of 2022. The Oscar-nominated director David Owen Russell is known for directing Joy, American Hustle, and Silver Linings Playbook.

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 The film follows the journey of three friends who turn from witnesses to suspects as one of the most scandalous plots in American History is uncovered. The movie is scheduled to release on November 4 this year.

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 The heavily anticipated movie which has been kept mostly hidden from the public includes big names such as Thor: Love and Thunder star Christian Bale is cast alongside Chris Rock, Margot Robbie, and Robert De Niro.

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 Christopher Nolan is known for making ambitious films, best-known ones including Interstellar, Tenet, and Inception. With fans of Christopher Nolan in high anticipation, his next movie Oppenheimer is set to release in 2023.

 Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer

 Another aspect of the film that has received much hype is the insane star power of the cast. The film includes megastars such as Peaky Blinders‘ Cillian Murphy, the Martian Matt Damon, and Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr. Other famous stars include Emily Blunt and Gary Oldman.

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 Has a rivalry been born?

 It’s common for films or studios to develop rivalries, take the example of DC v. Marvel or Star Wars. v. Star Trek. But the rivalry between Amsterdam and Oppenheimer is interestingly unique, as it is a battle of stars.

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 Similar to Oppenheimer, the cast of Amsterdam is also brimming with talent with the cast of Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Mike Myers. Another common theme in both films is the historic setting.

 Despite of the similarities, both the filmmakers have a very different directorial style, so the comparison is not completely justified. In the end, this unique rivalry can make or break a film, as the famous saying goes “ too many cooks spoil the broth. “

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Amsterdam directed by David O. Russell melds fiction and fact to bring about one of the most anticipated movies of 2022. The Oscar-nominated director David Owen Russell is known for directing Joy, American Hustle, and Silver Linings Playbook.
 David O. Russell and Christian Bale from American Hustle 
The film follows the journey of three friends who turn from witnesses to suspects as one of the most scandalous plots in American History is uncovered. The movie is scheduled to release on November 4 this year.
 A still from the movie Amsterdam 
The heavily anticipated movie which has been kept mostly hidden from the public includes big names such as Thor: Love and Thunder star Christian Bale is cast alongside Chris Rock, Margot Robbie, and Robert De Niro.
 Related:   CinemaCon 2022: Every Major Movie Announcement  
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan is known for making ambitious films, best-known ones including Interstellar, Tenet, and Inception. With fans of Christopher Nolan in high anticipation, his next movie Oppenheimer is set to release in 2023.
 Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer 
Another aspect of the film that has received much hype is the insane star power of the cast. The film includes megastars such as Peaky Blinders‘ Cillian Murphy, the Martian Matt Damon, and Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr. Other famous stars include Emily Blunt and Gary Oldman.
 Also read:   Christopher Nolan Made Interstellar Because Of His Music, Says Hans Zimmer  
But the talent doesn’t end here, the bucket keeps overflowing as it includes Kenneth Branagh who was in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and Stranger Things‘ Matthew Modine.
 Memento director Christopher Nolan 
Has a rivalry been born?
It’s common for films or studios to develop rivalries, take the example of DC v. Marvel or Star Wars. v. Star Trek. But the rivalry between Amsterdam and Oppenheimer is interestingly unique, as it is a battle of stars.
 You may also like:   Why Marvel Refuses To Make Dark, Realistic Movies Like Nolan’s Dark Knight  
In the case of Amsterdam, while Christian Bale and Chris Rock are hot after their recent spike in popularity for different reasons, the popular cast just gets bigger, as it also includes Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, and John David Washington.
 The infamous slap from the Oscars 
 Check out:   Movies Where The Director Went ‘Dictator Mode’ &amp; The Actors Revolted  
Similar to Oppenheimer, the cast of Amsterdam is also brimming with talent with the cast of Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Mike Myers. Another common theme in both films is the historic setting.
Despite of the similarities, both the filmmakers have a very different directorial style, so the comparison is not completely justified. In the end, this unique rivalry can make or break a film, as the famous saying goes ““
 
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Nikhil Makwana is a writer for FandomWire, with interests in DC comics, anime, indie films, independent films, and Nicolas Cage. He’s pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in BBA,LLB from IFIM Law School. When he’s not writing, he reads books such as the classic Dune series and existential essays from Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
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	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/hollywood-making-007-look-like-coward-stale-month/">
	Hollywood is making 007 look like a coward – and more stale by the month
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The pandemic has changed the film industry. By sticking to their outmoded guns, studios risk making their blockbusters look absurd
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/2020-film-year-will-change-cinema-forever/">
	2020 in film: the year that will change cinema forever
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	In a year in which most films were watched sofa-bound, cinemas were liberating portals to a pandemic-free world – when they were open
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/wake-christopher-nolan-cinema-going-dream-has-become-nightmare/">
	Wake up, Christopher Nolan – your cinema-going dream has become a nightmare
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The Tenet director's purist, anti-streaming stance is heroic in an ideal world. But the brutal reality facing cinemas is far from ideal
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/news/2020/12/08/christopher-nolan-attacks-warner-bros-plan-stream-new-films/">
	Christopher Nolan attacks Warner Bros plan to stream new films: 'They don't understand what they're losing'
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Inception director said HBO Max is 'the worst streaming service' and said he reacted with 'disbelief' to streaming plans
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/books/non-fiction/dreams-outer-space-art-nasas-otherworldly-designs/">
	The photographs revealing some of Nasa’s most exclusive ventures
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	A new book of other-wordly photographs opens the shuttle door onto ten years of space travel
	</p>
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	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/box-office-report-september-4-6-surprise-film-outperforming/">
	UK box office report, September 4-6: the surprising film beating New Mutants across Europe
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Tenet holds on to the top spot but teen romance After We Collided is this week's real runaway success
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/box-office-report-august-28-30-britain-votes-feet-cinema-back/">
	Box office report, August 28–30: Britain votes with its feet – cinema is back!
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Tenet's blockbuster appeal pulls Britain's ailing cinemas back to rude health, raking in a £5.34m weekend – the biggest coup since 1917 
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</section>
	 
	<section>
	<ul>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/starter-tenet-archaeological-mystery-behind-film-summer/">
	Your starter for Tenet: the archaeological mystery behind the film of the summer
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Forget the complex theories about entropy and time-travel – the subtle references all point to one much-debated object
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/2020/08/30/tenet-inspired-palindromes-memes-ancient-world/">
	How Tenet was inspired by palindromes, the memes of the ancient world
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster deals in a form of word play as old as writing itself. Sam Leith reports
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/selfish-pompous-disappointing-meet-writer-sees-christopher-nolan/">
	‘Selfish’, ‘pompous’, ‘disappointing’:  meet the writer who sees Christopher Nolan differently 
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Christopher Priest had his novel adapted by the director, but things didn’t go to plan with Hollywood’s supposed white knight
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</section>
	<section>
	<ul>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/baffled-tenet-five-biggest-problems-christopher-nolans-thriller/">
	Baffled by Tenet? The five biggest problems with Christopher Nolan’s thriller
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Tenet may be highly praised, but it’s a nightmare to understand. Is Nolan’s plot too smart for us – or is it just paradoxical nonsense?
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/last-film-industrys-judgement-day/">
	At last, it’s the film industry’s Judgment Day
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Is Christopher Nolan saving Hollywood, as foretold? The early omens are good – but nothing about this situation is normal
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</section>
	<section>
	<ul>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/2020/08/28/christopher-nolan-reinvented-hitchcock-blonde/">
	How Christopher Nolan reinvented the Hitchcock blonde
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The ice queens favoured by the Master of Suspense have been quietly revolutionised by Tenet director Nolan
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	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
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	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/2020/08/21/films-christopher-nolan-including-tenet-ranked-robbie-collin/">
	The films of Christopher Nolan (including Tenet), ranked by Robbie Collin
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The British director is leading the charge to get audiences back to cinemas – but where does Tenet sit among his other 10 films?
	</p>
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	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
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	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/2020/08/25/does-christopher-nolans-tenet-make-scientific-sense-expert-verdict/">
	Does Christopher Nolan’s Tenet make any scientific sense? The expert verdict
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Ron Mallett, emeritus professor of theoretical physics, answers the obvious questions about Christopher Nolan's latest film
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
	<li>
	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/tenet-verdict-ground-christopher-nolans-great-gamble-working/">
	Tenet, the verdict on the ground: is Christopher Nolan’s great gamble working?
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	From the multiplexes to the indies, every cinema's future hinges on Christopher Nolan’s success. If he fails, then James Bond dies next
	</p>
	</div>
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	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
	</li>
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	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/robin-williamss-last-great-role-darkness-visible-christopher/">
	Robin Williams’s last great role: the darkness visible in Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The director has elicited a few great villainous performances, but one overlooked turn can still inspire chills and awe today
	</p>
	</div>
	<div>
	<figure>
	</figure>
	</div>
	</article>
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	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/want-hollywood-survive-need-back-christopher-nolans-tenet-person/">
	If we want Hollywood to survive, we need to back Christopher Nolan’s Tenet in person
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	The British director’s old-fashioned stubbornness is to be applauded – but will the greatest gamble of his career pay off?
	</p>
	</div>
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	<figure>
	</figure>
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	</article>
	</li>
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	<article>
	<div>
	<h2>
	<a href="/films/0/think-understand-inception-meet-philosophy-professor-says-wrong/">
	Think you understand Inception? Meet the philosophy professor who says you’re wrong
	</a>
	</h2>
	<p>
	Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending 2010 film is baffling cinemagoers again – but has one of Oxford’s finest cracked its infamous ending?
	</p>
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	<a href="/films/0/frances-cinemas-packed-britains-empty/">
	If France’s cinemas are packed, why are Britain’s empty?
	</a>
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	<p>
	Cinemas in South Korea and France are getting back to normal. A robust, independent film culture clearly doesn't need Hollywood 
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 * From Oppenheimer to Barbie and beyond: the films to watch in 2023

 Napoleon, Indiana Jones and – of course – Tom Cruise are just a few of 2023's movie highlights. Here, in chronological order, are the rest

 By Robbie Collin 2 Jan 2023, 9:00pm

 * Christopher Nolan vs James Cameron: will ‘real’ cinema triumph over CGI?

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 * ​Hans Zimmer delivers a cinematic juggernaut of a show (for good and ill)

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 * A plea to Hollywood: make Batman fun again

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 * Christopher Nolan’s greatest trick: the dark magic of The Prestige

 The director's drama about feuding Victorian magicians appears to be one of his most straightforward films. But appearances can be deceiving

 By Susannah Goldsbrough 1 Dec 2021, 1:51pm

 * Christopher Nolan has called it – Hollywood is facing the music at last

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 * Is the digital revolution that Pixar began with Toy Story stifling art – or saving it?

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 * Ikea Starmer uses furniture row as an excuse to send in the removal van

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 * Tenet, review: don’t try to understand it – just rewind and enjoy the ride

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 * From Cats to Star Wars, the films hated by actors who starred in them

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 * 2020 in film: the year that will change cinema forever

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 * Wake up, Christopher Nolan – your cinema-going dream has become a nightmare

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 * Christopher Nolan attacks Warner Bros plan to stream new films: 'They don't understand what they're losing'

 Inception director said HBO Max is 'the worst streaming service' and said he reacted with 'disbelief' to streaming plans

 By Telegraph Reporters 8 Dec 2020, 4:05am

 * The photographs revealing some of Nasa’s most exclusive ventures

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 * UK box office report, September 4-6: the surprising film beating New Mutants across Europe

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 By Charles Gant 8 Sep 2020, 12:00pm

 * Box office report, August 28–30: Britain votes with its feet – cinema is back!

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 By Charles Gant 1 Sep 2020, 4:41pm

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 * Your starter for Tenet: the archaeological mystery behind the film of the summer

 Forget the complex theories about entropy and time-travel – the subtle references all point to one much-debated object

 By Ed Power 31 Aug 2020, 11:44am

 * How Tenet was inspired by palindromes, the memes of the ancient world

 Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster deals in a form of word play as old as writing itself. Sam Leith reports

 By Sam Leith 30 Aug 2020, 7:00am

 * ‘Selfish’, ‘pompous’, ‘disappointing’: meet the writer who sees Christopher Nolan differently

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 By Sam Leith 29 Aug 2020, 4:00pm

 * Baffled by Tenet? The five biggest problems with Christopher Nolan’s thriller

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 By Tim Robey 29 Aug 2020, 12:00pm

 * At last, it’s the film industry’s Judgment Day

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 * How Christopher Nolan reinvented the Hitchcock blonde

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 * The films of Christopher Nolan (including Tenet), ranked by Robbie Collin

 The British director is leading the charge to get audiences back to cinemas – but where does Tenet sit among his other 10 films?

 By Robbie Collin 27 Aug 2020, 2:29pm

 * Does Christopher Nolan’s Tenet make any scientific sense? The expert verdict

 Ron Mallett, emeritus professor of theoretical physics, answers the obvious questions about Christopher Nolan's latest film

 By Susannah Goldsbrough 27 Aug 2020, 2:28pm

 * Tenet, the verdict on the ground: is Christopher Nolan’s great gamble working?

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 By Ian Winwood 27 Aug 2020, 12:00pm

 * Robin Williams’s last great role: the darkness visible in Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia

 The director has elicited a few great villainous performances, but one overlooked turn can still inspire chills and awe today

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 * If we want Hollywood to survive, we need to back Christopher Nolan’s Tenet in person

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 * Think you understand Inception? Meet the philosophy professor who says you’re wrong

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From Oppenheimer to Barbie and beyond: the films to watch in 2023
	
	
	
	Napoleon, Indiana Jones and – of course – Tom Cruise are just a few of 2023's movie highlights. Here, in chronological order, are the rest
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan vs James Cameron: will ‘real’ cinema triumph over CGI?
	
	
	
	One drowns viewers in lavish CGI, the other has recreated an actual nuclear explosion. But which director has seen the blockbuster future?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Florence Pugh: ‘They tried to change my weight, my face, my eyebrows...’
	
	
	
	How the British star turned her back on Hollywood glamour, teamed up with director Sebastián Lelio and made The Wonder – her best film yet
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan’s greatest trick: the dark magic of The Prestige
	
	
	
	The director's drama about feuding Victorian magicians appears to be one of his most straightforward films. But appearances can be deceiving
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan has called it – Hollywood is facing the music at last
	
	
	
	The director’s $100 million demand of Universal may seem a standard blockbuster price-tag, but in truth it’s tellingly tight
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Is the digital revolution that Pixar began with Toy Story stifling art – or saving it?
	
	
	
	In an era where a digital facsimile can be indistinguishable from the original artwork, will we still value the original?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Ikea Starmer uses furniture row as an excuse to send in the removal van
	
	
	
	Johnson explodes in paroxysms of fury at the Leader of the Opposition's smirking inquiries about the Downing Street flat
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Tenet, review: don’t try to understand it – just rewind and enjoy the ride
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan's time-bending action spectacular is the perfect film to get us back in cinemas – one viewing just won't be enough
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	From Cats to Star Wars, the films hated by actors who starred in them
	
	
	
	Christopher Plummer’s dislike of his best-known film wasn’t unique. We look at several other stars who notoriously hated their big roles
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Hollywood is making 007 look like a coward – and more stale by the month
	
	
	
	The pandemic has changed the film industry. By sticking to their outmoded guns, studios risk making their blockbusters look absurd
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	2020 in film: the year that will change cinema forever
	
	
	
	In a year in which most films were watched sofa-bound, cinemas were liberating portals to a pandemic-free world – when they were open
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Wake up, Christopher Nolan – your cinema-going dream has become a nightmare
	
	
	
	The Tenet director's purist, anti-streaming stance is heroic in an ideal world. But the brutal reality facing cinemas is far from ideal
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan attacks Warner Bros plan to stream new films: 'They don't understand what they're losing'
	
	
	
	Inception director said HBO Max is 'the worst streaming service' and said he reacted with 'disbelief' to streaming plans
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	The photographs revealing some of Nasa’s most exclusive ventures
	
	
	
	A new book of other-wordly photographs opens the shuttle door onto ten years of space travel
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	UK box office report, September 4-6: the surprising film beating New Mutants across Europe
	
	
	
	Tenet holds on to the top spot but teen romance After We Collided is this week's real runaway success
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Box office report, August 28–30: Britain votes with its feet – cinema is back!
	
	
	
	Tenet's blockbuster appeal pulls Britain's ailing cinemas back to rude health, raking in a £5.34m weekend – the biggest coup since 1917 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Your starter for Tenet: the archaeological mystery behind the film of the summer
	
	
	
	Forget the complex theories about entropy and time-travel – the subtle references all point to one much-debated object
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	How Tenet was inspired by palindromes, the memes of the ancient world
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster deals in a form of word play as old as writing itself. Sam Leith reports
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	‘Selfish’, ‘pompous’, ‘disappointing’:  meet the writer who sees Christopher Nolan differently 
	
	
	
	Christopher Priest had his novel adapted by the director, but things didn’t go to plan with Hollywood’s supposed white knight
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Baffled by Tenet? The five biggest problems with Christopher Nolan’s thriller
	
	
	
	Tenet may be highly praised, but it’s a nightmare to understand. Is Nolan’s plot too smart for us – or is it just paradoxical nonsense?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	At last, it’s the film industry’s Judgment Day
	
	
	
	Is Christopher Nolan saving Hollywood, as foretold? The early omens are good – but nothing about this situation is normal
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	How Christopher Nolan reinvented the Hitchcock blonde
	
	
	
	The ice queens favoured by the Master of Suspense have been quietly revolutionised by Tenet director Nolan
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	The films of Christopher Nolan (including Tenet), ranked by Robbie Collin
	
	
	
	The British director is leading the charge to get audiences back to cinemas – but where does Tenet sit among his other 10 films?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Does Christopher Nolan’s Tenet make any scientific sense? The expert verdict
	
	
	
	Ron Mallett, emeritus professor of theoretical physics, answers the obvious questions about Christopher Nolan's latest film
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Tenet, the verdict on the ground: is Christopher Nolan’s great gamble working?
	
	
	
	From the multiplexes to the indies, every cinema's future hinges on Christopher Nolan’s success. If he fails, then James Bond dies next
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Robin Williams’s last great role: the darkness visible in Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia
	
	
	
	The director has elicited a few great villainous performances, but one overlooked turn can still inspire chills and awe today
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	If we want Hollywood to survive, we need to back Christopher Nolan’s Tenet in person
	
	
	
	The British director’s old-fashioned stubbornness is to be applauded – but will the greatest gamble of his career pay off?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Think you understand Inception? Meet the philosophy professor who says you’re wrong
	
	
	
	Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending 2010 film is baffling cinemagoers again – but has one of Oxford’s finest cracked its infamous ending?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	If France’s cinemas are packed, why are Britain’s empty?
	
	
	
	Cinemas in South Korea and France are getting back to normal. A robust, independent film culture clearly doesn't need Hollywood
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