If you’ve been skating around the internet in the past few days, you might have come across Universal Pictures delay rumors. Christopher Nolan’s ambitious biopic Oppenheimer from its original late July release window to the end of the year. The rumors first started with a comment made to Variety by Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux.

“Unfortunately no, I would have liked [that] but it comes out at the end of the year as part of their rewards strategy,” he said when asked if the ambitious historical epic about the creation of the atomic bomb could be added to the lineup. list of this year’s festival. “My two regrets this year are Oppenheimer And Barbiebut it won’t be ready in May either.”

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Fremaux finally clarified that he had expressed himself badly on Oppenheimerwhich SYFY WIRE can confirm is still on track to hit theaters on Friday, July 21 – the same day as Greta Gerwig Barbie. Nolan’s 12th feature film traces the development of the first atomic bomb through the eyes of pioneering scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (played here by Cillian Murphy), who would later regret his invaluable contributions to the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. . .

The project boasts one of the most impressive supporting casts in recent memory with the inclusion of Emily Blunt (Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer), Matt Damon (General Leslie Groves Jr.), Robert Downey Jr. (Lewis Strauss) , Florence Pugh (Jean Tatlock), Josh Hartnett (Ernest Lawrence), Michael Angarano (Robert Serber), Benny Safdie (Edward Teller), Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold and David Krumholtz.

Nolan wrote the screenplay, basing it on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The visionary filmmaker also produced the film alongside Emma Thomas and Charles Roven. According to Mr. Damonthe film has a colossal length of three hours.

The 2023 edition of the Cannes Film Festival is scheduled for May 16-27. Oppenheimer won’t be part of the festivities, the annual film gathering was able to lock down the world premiere for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate (opening to the public on June 30). The long-awaited sequel was directed by James Mangold (the franchise’s first entry not directed by Steven Spielberg).

Oppenheimeras for him, detonates on the big screen on July 21st.

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