Oppenheimer - movie: where to watch streaming online (2024)

Christopher Nolan recruits a star-studded ensemble to bring the story of the atomic bomb's creation to life

Oppenheimer is a biographical drama film produced by Universal Pictures. The film is written and directed by the highly acclaimed regisseur Christopher Nolan, who previously helmed iconic films such as Memento, The Dark Knight, and Inception. Nolan also produced the film alongside his wife and frequent collaborator Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. The film is based on the real life of theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on his years at the head of the Manhattan Project as they developed the first nuclear weapon. The existence of nuclear weapons has fundamentally changed society and modern warfare, both acting as a deterrent and a clear path to planetary destruction.

Oppenheimer himself is played by Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders). Emily Blunt stars as his wife, Katherine Oppenheimer, while Florence Pugh plays Jean Tatlock, an American psychiatrist. Matt Damon plays Leslie Groves, the Lieutenant General directing the Manhattan Project. Robert Downey Jr. appears as American businessman Lewis Strauss, and Josh Hartnett takes on the role of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ernest Lawrence. Gustaf Skarsgård features as another scientist on the team, Hans Bethe. Gary Oldman appears as the American president at the time, Harry S Truman. Kenneth Branagh and Rami Malek also feature in the film.

• December 7, 2020
  • Warner Bros. announce they will give all their 2021 films a simultaneous theatrical and HBO Max streaming release, due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.Director Christopher Nolan, who had previously worked with Warner Bros. on most of his past films,vocally disagreed with the plan, worrying it would affect the way viewers would see his film Tenent. This disagreement led to speculation that Tenent would be his final film with Warner Bros. (Source: Entertainment Tonight)
• September 9, 2021
  • Nolan is reported to be developing a film about J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy is rumoured to be playing the infamous scientist. (Source: Deadline Hollywood)
• March 22, 2022
  • Due to an extraordinarily secretive casting process, some actors reported agreeing to be in the film without even knowing their roles beforehand. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
• July 28, 2022
  • The first teaser trailer for Oppenheimer is released, revealing the film will be in black and white. The film also displayed the incredible ensemble of actors who came together for the project. (Source: Screen Rant)
• December 12, 2022
  • First look images reveal the existential tension that permeates the story. (Source: Screen Rant)
• December 18, 2022
  • The first trailer for the movie is released, featuring voice-over narration by Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer. (Source: Deadline)
• May 8, 2023
  • A new trailer for Oppenheimer is released, showing the high stakes under which the atomic bomb was created. (Source: YouTube)
• May 21, 2023
  • Christopher Nolan says he uses black-and-white and color in the film in a similar way to his previous film Memento, to differentiate between objective and subjective. In the film, black and white is objective, and color signifies we are seeing the character's subjective experience. (Source: The Playlist)
• June 1, 2023
  • A behind-the-scenes featurette is released, giving fans an insight into the IMAX experience Christopher Nolan envisions. (Source: Collider)
• June 1, 2023
  • The Oppenheimer trailer confirms the film will be rated R, meaning it will be the first film in 20 years by Christopher Nolan to receive that rating. (Source: Deadline)
• June 4, 2023
  • The film will only be shown in its fully intended IMAX 15 perf 70mm format in 30 cinemas worldwide. The locations in the UK includeBFI IMAX, British Film Institute - London, UK Vue Manchester IMAX & The Printworks – Manchester, UK The Ronson Theatre at the Science Museum – London, UK. (Source: Collider)
• June 5, 2023
  • Christopher Nolan reveals in an interview with Empire that he wrote the entire screenplay in the first person as Oppenheimer — something the director has never done before.
• June 7, 2023
  • In an interview with Empire Magazine, Christopher Nolan details recreating the Trinity test explosion withvisual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson, instead of using CGI. (Source: Collider)
• June 25, 2023
  • Director Christopher Nolan tells WIRED the endings of Oppenheimer and Inception are similar in their ambiguity and openness to different interpretations. (Source: ScreenRant)
• July 7, 2023
  • Christopher Nolan reveals to Collider that he didn't use CGI at any point in Oppenheimer, completely committing to practical effects. (Source: Collider)
• July 10, 2023
  • A new featurette is released, showing the filmmaker's dedication to practical effects and highlighting the actors' commitment to portraying the gravity of the true story of the creation of the atomic bomb. (Source: ScreenRant)
• July 13, 2023
  • Oppenheimer receives rave reviews after premiere in Paris.
• July 21, 2023
  • Oppenheimer premieres in cinemas in the UK.