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Robert Downey Jr and Matt Damon will star in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming World War II epic ‘Oppenheimer,’ a drama about the development of the atomic bomb, reports Variety.
It has not been announced what roles they’ll play; however, it will be the first time the two actors have worked together. This will also be Nolan’s first film with Downey Jr and his second with Damon, who starred in ‘Interstellar’.
Nolan is assembling a star-studded cast, one that includes Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife Katherine.
Oppenheimer, a physicist who was integral to the Manhattan Project, is known as the father of the atomic bomb. Though exact plot details have been kept under wraps, the story is expected to dramatize the creation of the nuclear weapon.
‘Oppenheimer’ is slated to open in cinemas on July 21, 2023. In addition to directing, Nolan will adapt the screenplay from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer’ by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin.
