Christopher Denham & Josh Zuckerman Join ‘Oppenheimer’; Shane Dax Taylor’s Indie ‘Best Man’ Adds Andrey Ivchenko
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Christopher Denham (Being the Ricardos) and Josh Zuckerman (The Offer) have signed on for roles in Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer for Universal Pictures, which is currently in production.They join an ensemble led by Cillian Murphy, which also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian, Olli Haaskivi, Jason Clarke, James D’Arcy, Michael Angarano, Guy Burnet, Danny Deferrari, Matthias Schweighöfer, Gary Oldman, Harrison Gilbertson, Emma Dumont, Devon Bostick and Trond Fausa, as previously announced.Nolan’s latest 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. Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
Details with regard to the characters Denham and Zuckerman are playing have not been disclosed. Nolan is directing from his own script and producing alongside Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven.
The film is slated to debut in theaters on July 21, 2023.Denham was recently seen in Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-nominated Amazon film, Being the Ricardos, opposite Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman.
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