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Christopher Nolan apologised to her over the size of her role in Oppenheimer.The actor stars in the historical drama as Jean Tatlock, a communist party member who had a romantic relationship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).Speaking to MTV UK, Pugh explained how Nolan apologised when she was being offered the part.“I didn’t really know what was going on or what it was that was being made,” Pugh said.

Logan Paul’s initial review of Oppenheimer was not favorable to the Christopher Nolan film and had him walk out of the movie theater because it wasn’t as action-packed as he seemingly expected.

Young Lucy Benavidez Gardwood was tucked up in her bed with her siblings over 78 years ago when she was violently awoken by her family's home being violently shaken after J Robert Oppenheimer tested out his creation of the world's first atomic bomb.

Oppenheimer marked the sixth time Cillian Murphy starred in a film directed by Christopher Nolan following The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Barbie” continues to shatter records nearly a month after the Malibu icon first graced the big screen. The Greta Gerwig comedy has earned $1.18 billion at the worldwide box office and now ranks as the second highest-grossing release in the history of Warner Bros. Internationally, the film earned $45.1 million from 75 markets to bring its foreign gross to a sizzling $657.6 million.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” sank without a trace over its opening weekend, going to a watery grave with just $6.5 million. The period horror film, which centers on one chapter of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” namely the bit where his coffin gets transported from Transylvania to England, was distributed by Universal. It’s the studio’s second stab at reviving the world’s most famous vampire, with last spring’s “Renfield,” a campy take on the bloodsucker, also collapsing at the box office.

, which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are adapting for Netflix.Fern's life was once full of potential, but now she's back home running her mom's lakeside resort, which she never wanted to do. Her life is turned upside down when a man from her past shows up offering to help.One of the biggest book-to-screen adaptations of 2023 is Christopher Nolan's the story of how the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer played a pivotal role in the creation of the nuclear bomb.

, which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are adapting for Netflix.Fern's life was once full of potential, but now she's back home running her mom's lakeside resort, which she never wanted to do. Her life is turned upside down when a man from her past shows up offering to help.One of the biggest book-to-screen adaptations of 2023 is Christopher Nolan's the story of how the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer played a pivotal role in the creation of the nuclear bomb.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The script behind Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has jumped to the top of bestseller lists on Amazon following the film’s smashing blockbuster release last month.

Ethan Shanfeld Due to popular demand, “Oppenheimer” has extended its 70mm run at Imax theaters nationwide through the end of August. The previous end date, which was already an extension of the film’s original run in Imax 70mm format, was Aug. 17.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Meg 2: The Trench” sunk its pearly whites into $3.2 million in Thursday previews, as the followup to the 2018 Jason Statham hit is hoping to premiere to $30 million. Critics have feasted on the film, giving it a dreadful 28% “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the pulverizing reviews may not have much impact on audiences who don’t turn up to these type of movies out of a desire to see a pioneering work of cinema. Instead, they’ll get a chance to witness a 75-foot-long megalodon, and other sea creatures who prefer human flesh to plankton, make short work of a group of scientists.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for OppenheimerChristopher Nolan has revealed that one of the most shocking lines in Oppenheimer was improvised.Speaking to The New York Times, Nolan shared that James Remar, who plays U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson in the film, came up with the idea for one of the most harrowing and shocking lines to be delivered in the movie.The scene involves Stimson and other government officials meet with J.

call a halt to the “Barbenheimer” hashtag that has helped make the film a global blockbusters.“Barbie”, which stars Margot Robbie in the title role, has grossed more than $800 million in worldwide box office, while the film about nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer that opened around the same time last month has taken in more than $400 million.Warner Bros initially latched on to fan-produced memes that depicted Robbie’s Barbie with actor Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer alongside images of nuclear blasts.But fans were not amused in Japan, which in coming days will mark the memorials of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago.“If one were to create an illustration or derivative art of Barbenheimer, it should not be of Barbie delighting in a mushroom cloud,” said Koji Maruyama on the Change.org website.

The gang at Peaky Blinders is paying tribute to one of its own, toasting Cillian Murphy on the global success of Oppenheimer. Murphy, who played Tommy Shelby in the hit Steven Knight-created period drama from 2013-2022, plays the titular J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s epic film which has received high praise and grossed over $400M global in less than two weeks.

firing back at insensitive “Barbenheimer” fans in the United States. The international feud began after the official X (formerly Twitter) account for the “Barbie” film commented that “it’s going to be a summer to remember” beneath a movie poster collage that mashed up the toy-inspired flick with “Oppenheimer,” a film about the making of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, eventually killing nearly 200,000 Japanese.The poster uploaded last month by the account DiscussingFilms on X depicts J.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Many reviews for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” pointed out the film felt like the director’s own version of Oliver Stone’s sprawling historical epic “JFK,” and now Stone himself has sounded off on Nolan’s latest achievement. The “Platoon” Oscar winner took to social media to deem Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” a new film classic, while also revealing he flirted with making his own film in the past about theoretical physicist and “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer.Directed by Christopher Nolan, the biopic follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) who was instrumental in the creation of the first nuclear weapons.Early on in the film, we’re introduced to Florence Pugh’s character Jean Tatlock, who was Oppenheimer’s lover before and during his marriage to Kitty (Emily Blunt).Tatlock’s connections to the communist party cause Oppenheimer to face intense scrutiny from US government officials, who are suspicious of his loyalty to the US as he oversees the creation of nuclear weapons under the secret Manhattan Project.It’s later revealed that Tatlock died by suicide, with quick shots showing her drowning herself in the bath.

Warner Bros. Film Group is apologizing for their support of some insensitive “Barbenheimer” content.

The U.S. branch of Warner Bros. issued an apology after being called out by the Japan division for engaging with “insensitive” Barbenheimer tweets.

reports the South China Morning Post.The fan-made poster, which was originally uploaded last month by the account DiscussingFilms on X (formerly Twitter), showed Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer holding Margot Robbie’s Barbie in front of a mushroom cloud. Japanese users were further aggravated when the official US account for the Barbie film commented on the post, writing that “it’s gonna be a summer to remember.” Since the comment controversy, the hashtag “#NoBarbenheimer” has been trending on social media.

JFK filmmaker Oliver Stone posted a series of tweets Tuesday praising Christopher Nolan’s latest film Oppenheimer during which he revealed he once turned down a project based around J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life because he couldn’t crack the narrative.

Oppenheimer about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb.The Irish actor is joined by an ensemble cast that includes Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.

Warner Bros. U.S. has deleted “Barbenheimer” tweets after being criticized by Warner Bros. Japan.

Barbenheimer memes that feature atom bomb images.The apology follows Warner Bros. Japan calling its US counterpart’s behaviour “extremely regrettable”, and also said sorry to fans on its behalf.The Barbenheimer craze, which has resulted in millions around the world watching the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer back-to-back in an ironic double bill dubbed “Barbenheimer”, has drawn criticism in Japan for making light of the mass destruction caused by the atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The Barbie US Twitter account (@barbiethemovie) responded to one Barbenheimer fan art poster that depicts Margot Robbie’s Barbie sitting on the shoulders of Cillian Murphy’s J.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The BBC’s “Oppenheimer” has finally landed on iPlayer. All seven episodes of the Sam Waterston-led drama series from 1980 is now available in full on the BBC streaming service. Until now, the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated series was only available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.

The Barbenheimer hype is drawing moviegoers into theaters in droves, but it is not without controversy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Warner Bros. Japan released a statement on the country’s official “Barbie” Twitter account criticizing the studio’s U.S. branch for feeding into the “Barbenheimer” craze on social media.

Cillian Murphy was lined-up to play J. Robert Oppenheimer in a TV series nearly a decade ago, it has emerged.The star is currently starring as the theoretical physicist, dubbed the ‘father of the atomic bomb’, in Christopher Nolan‘s film Oppenheimer.However, the creators of the show Manhattan – which aired on WGN between 2014 and 2015 – have opened up about the casting process for their series, revealing some of the actors considered to play Oppenheimer before Daniel London was eventually cast in the role.“A thousand percent, Cillian Murphy was on that list,” showrunner Sam Shaw told Vanity Fair, while also revealing that The Bear‘s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Beck were also considered for the part.Oppenheimer marks Murphy’s first main role in a Nolan film, having collaborated with the director on numerous occasions in the past in supporting parts.The actor recently spoke to NME about taking on the role, explaining how the director helped him to “unlock” the character with an “amazing phrase”.“Chris used this amazing phrase.

Charles Oppenheimer — the grandson of the late J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom Christopher Nolan’s new film “Oppenheimer” is centred on — has revealed one scene in the historical drama that he wouldn’t have included.