Jack Quaid joins Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’

Jack Quaid ,‘Scream’ actor is joining ‘Oppenheimer’, the World War II-era biopic from filmmaker Christopher Nolan, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert ‘Oppenheimer’, one of the scientists behind the atomic bomb. Quaid joins a call sheet that includes Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Benny Safdie.

Nolan penned the script and is producing with his wife and creative partner, Emma Thomas. Universal has called the movie 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.” The studio has set a July 21, 2023, release date for ‘Oppenheimer’.

Quaid is known for his work on Amazon Prime’s subversive superhero series ‘The Boys’, which returns for a third season in June.

He recently gave a noteworthy performance in ‘Scream’, Paramount’s legacy sequel of the long-running horror franchise.