A new Oppenheimer movie poster gets uncomfortably close to a nuclear blast. After collaborating with the director on five previous films - The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Dunkirk - Cillian Murphy stars in Christopher Nolan's new movie as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose contributions to the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. While the film features an unbelievable ensemble cast, so far, Oppenheimer's marketing campaign has focused on the titular physicist and the weapon of mass destruction he helped create, with the film's first poster featuring Oppenheimer standing amid a mushroom cloud.
Now, a new Oppenheimer poster has been unveiled by NBCUniversal. The poster continues to showcase Murphy's Oppenheimer and the nuclear bomb, but rather than standing amongst the aftermath, this time, he's unnervingly close to the action, with the glow of the nuclear blast illuminating his face. The poster also highlights the film's star-studded cast along the top, including Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh. Check out the new Oppenheimer poster below:
Oppenheimer Could Include Christopher Nolan's Most Spectacular Visuals Yet
From The Dark Knight trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Tenet, Nolan is a director known for putting stunning images on the screen. However, with Oppenheimer, the visionary filmmaker has a chance to achieve his most spectacular visuals yet. For starters, Nolan and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot large portions of Oppenheimer in black-and-white, but on IMAX 65mm film, the first time a large-format movie has ever shot in monochrome, a feat that required a new type of film to be developed.
Nolan's use of black-and-white on Oppenheimer harkens back to his first two films, Following (shot on 16mm film stock on a shoestring budget) and Memento, which was shot on 35mm anamorphic. However, Nolan is now working with a much bigger budget and a larger scale. Throughout his career, one of the director's visual trademarks has been using practical effects in favor of CGI, a trend he continued on Oppenheimer as he recreated the first nuclear detonation, the 1945 Trinity Test, without the use of computer graphics. With beautiful black-and-white photography and even recreating the Trinity nuclear test for real, Oppenheimer should be a sight to behold.
Generally, whenever a movie poster is unveiled, it is followed closely by a trailer, which will be the case with Oppenheimer. Before showings of Avatar: The Way of Water, releasing on December 16, audiences will be treated to the first full-length Oppenheimer trailer, with IMAX showings seeing an exclusive trailer that won't be released online. When Oppenheimer releases in theaters on July 21, 2023, the best way to experience Nolan's spectacular visuals will be through the IMAX experience.
Source: NBCUniversal
