OPPENHEIMER: New "Pushing The Button" Featurette Reveals Stunning BTS Look At Christopher Nolan's Latest

OPPENHEIMER: New "Pushing The Button" Featurette Reveals Stunning BTS Look At Christopher Nolan's Latest

Following its debut at CinemaCon last month, Universal Pictures has officially released the new trailer for Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic Oppenheimer, which stars Cillian Murphy in the lead role.

By RohanPatel - Jul 11, 2023 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Action

Ahead of next week's release of Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures has debuted an incredible new behind-the-scenes featurette for Christopher Nolan's epic historical drama, offering an expansive look at the making of the movie as well as asking the life-altering question: Should they actually push the button that could potentially destroy the world?

Oppenheimer will tell the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and is being described as an epic thriller, that will expand on the "pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

The press junket is fully underway, so it should only be a matter of time before the first reactions arrive, although whether it boosts those opening weekend projections remains to be seen. While the social media buzz for an Oppenheimer/Barbie double feature has been quite high in recent weeks, the Christopher Nolan epic is projected to open between $40M-$50 million domestically, while the Greta Gerwig feature is expected to nearly double that figure with an opening in the $80M to $100 million range. 

BAFTA Award-nominee Cillian Murphy (Batman BeginsPeaky Blinders) stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, with 3x BAFTA Award-nominated actress Emily Blunt portraying his wife Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, a biologist and botanist. 

Academy Award-winner Matt Damon (Jason BourneThe Martian), 2x Academy Award-nominee Robert Downey Jr. (Iron ManAvengers: Endgame), Academy Award-nominee Florence Pugh (Black WidowHawkeye), Benny Safie (Uncut Gems; Obi-Wan Kenobi), Primetime Emmy-nominee Michael Angarano (Sky High; Almost Famous), Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down; Wrath of Man), Academy Award-winner Rami Malek (Bohemian RhapsodyMr. Robot), and Academy Award-winner Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMurder on the Orient Express) round out the key supporting cast. 

Additional cast includes, but is not limited to, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, David Dastmalchian, Jason Clarke, Josh Peck, Devon Bostick, Alex Wolff, Tony Goldwyn, Gary Oldman, Casey Affleck, Scott Grimes, Josh Zuckerman, James D'Arcy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Christopher Denham, David Rysdahl, Guy Burnet, Danny Deferrari, Louise Lombard, Harrison Gilbertson, Emma Dumont, Gustaf Skarsgård, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Olli Haaskivi, and Olivia Thirlby

Check out the new "Pushing The Button" featurette below: 


Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot 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 film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Academy Award® nominee Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano plays Robert Serber and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.

Oppenheimer also stars Oscar® winner Rami Malek and reunites Nolan with eight-time Oscar® nominated actor, writer and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh.

The cast includes Dane DeHaan (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets), Dylan Arnold (Halloween franchise), David Krumholtz (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises).

The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan.

Oppenheimer is filmed in a combination of IMAX® 65mm and 65mm large-format film photography including, for the first time ever, sections in IMAX® black and white analogue photography.

Nolan’s films, including Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, have earned more than $5 billion at the global box office and have been awarded 11 Oscars and 36 nominations, including two Best Picture nominations.

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/11/2023, 11:18 AM
Front row audience
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/11/2023, 11:19 AM
I'm pretty excited for this. It looks interesting.
billnye69
billnye69 - 7/11/2023, 11:24 AM
Morbid curiosity will help the Barbie movie.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/11/2023, 11:29 AM
Tried getting tickets to Indiana’s 70mm IMAX opening weekend it’s basically sold out. Fml.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 7/11/2023, 11:29 AM
Just for the cast alone, this movie will be worth the watch.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/11/2023, 11:50 AM
Always a nice treat when we get a real cinematic film, made with love and care, in theaters. Enjoy it while it lasts, folks.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 7/11/2023, 11:51 AM
Going opening night to see this gem in Dolby. Can't wait. Between this and MI this week I'll be a very happy man at the theaters
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/11/2023, 11:52 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - I'm seeing MI in a few hours, can't [frick]ing wait!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/11/2023, 1:30 PM
@tmp3 - going tonight in IMAX
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 7/11/2023, 3:02 PM
@tmp3 - send me a message later letting me know what you think. i'll be there thursday night
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/11/2023, 9:13 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - dude i [frick]ing loved it!
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 7/12/2023, 7:49 AM
@tmp3 -




DUDE I CANT WAIT!!!
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/11/2023, 12:44 PM
This movie looks boring with it be boring it probably get nominated and win awards depending what competition is for it
AllsGood
AllsGood - 7/11/2023, 1:26 PM
Oppenheimer looks sad and depressing movie to me. It's a sad day in history to me not much to cheer about.

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