Robert Oppenheimer: Last News

When the movie Oppenheimer was released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, copies of the movie quickly sold out everywhere!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter More than eight months (and one Oscar best picture win) after “Oppenheimer” landed in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s historical epic is still finding new audiences. The film opened over the weekend in its final market, Japan, with $2.5 million from 343 theaters. It placed third on the country’s box office charts after two local offerings, the horror movie “Strange House” and the animated “Haikyu!!” According to Universal Pictures, “Oppenheimer” is the biggest opening weekend of 2024 for a Hollywood release in Japan, surpassing “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” ($1.6 million) and “Dune: Part Two” ($1.3 million).

Oppenheimer” finally premiered in Japan on Friday with trigger warnings after an eight-month controversy over how it would be perceived there.Signs were posted at the entrances to some theaters in Tokyo, warning that the Christopher Nolan film, which was released globally in July, contained images of nuclear tests.The movie tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer — played by Cillian Murphy, who won the Oscar for his portrayal — the physicist behind the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, killing more than 200,000 and ending World War II.“Of course this is an amazing film which deserves to win the Academy Awards.

A British actor has reportedly been offered the role to be the next James Bond and will be signing a contract in the coming days.

Tatiana Siegel Christopher Nolan took home two Oscars on Sunday night for director and producer of “Oppenheimer.” But his ultimate haul for the period drama was so much bigger. Nolan’s final payday for the film, which traces the life of titular scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in creating the atomic bomb, is just south of $100 million, according to knowledgeable sources.

Jonathan Ross, the host of ITV's Oscars coverage, has faced a wave of criticism after making an awkward mistake about Cillian Murphy, who is from the Republic of Ireland. Despite the actor proudly speaking in Irish as he accepted his first- ever Oscar award, presenter Jonathan repeatedly referred to the Peaky Blinders star as British, much to the annoyance of viewers. Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Oscars, taking home seven awards.The movie, which tells the story of J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, won best picture.

The 2024 Oscars clocked up a number of historic firsts and achievements - and topping the bill was British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who ended his 22-year wait for an Academy Award.

It was a good night for the UK at the 96th Oscars. Brits won in seven separate categories at the Dolby Theatre, with Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Glazer‘s wins the highest profile.

Cillian Murphy has won the best actor Oscar for Oppenheimer. The Irish actor, 47, played the "father of the atomic bomb" J Robert Oppenheimer in the Christopher Nolan-directed film. As soon as he was announced as winner of Best Actor in a Leading Role, he kissed his wife before heading to the stage.

“It’s very important to me, it’s really a wonderful finish to what’s been an incredible year,” Christopher Nolan told press backstage at the Academy Awards in the wake of winning both his Best Director Oscar for Oppenheimer, along with the biggest prize of the night: Best Picture.

If Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer marks the high point in the career of Cillian Murphy, and is the film for which he’s always remembered, so be it, the actor said, in an appearance backstage at tonight’s Oscars.

Emma Stone, who portrayed Bella Baxter in Poor Things, burst into tears as she took to the stage to receive an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.The Hollywood actress was completely stunned when it was revealed she had won the accolade and as she made her way onto the stage, she was horrified to discover her mint green dress was broken. She asked for Jennifer Lawrence and Charlize Theron to check her gown as she tried to hide the malfunction from the audience.

Oscars win tonight (March 10) for his role in Oppenheimer to “the peacemakers everywhere”.The victory gives the actor his first Oscars trophy, picking it up for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer.Murphy beat fellow nominees, including Colman Domingo, Bradley Cooper, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright, to receive the award. “I’m a little overwhelmed,” he said as he took to the stage.“Thank you to the Academy.

Cillian Murphy has just won his first Oscar, as Best Actor for his riveting turn in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. After five collaborations with Nolan, this was Murphy’s first time in a lead role in one of the director’s films — and nabbed him his first-ever Oscar nomination, and the first win in the category for an Irish-born actor. In a shoutout to his homeland from the Dolby stage, Murphy said, “I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight.” 

Three times a charm for Robert Downey Jr. who finally won an Oscar on this third nomination tonight for his turn as Lewis Strauss, the hostile United States Atomic Energy Commissioner in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Robert Downey Jr. is finally an Oscar winner. The 58-year-old “Oppenheimer” star took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 96th Academy Awardslive from the Dolby Theater in LA on Sunday.

is a first-time nominee, so she decided to celebrate in statuesque style—literally.The Oppenheimer star wore a gold, gravity-defying Schiaparelli gown that reminds us of an Oscar itself, but of course, a way chicer version. The She paired it with Alexandre Birman shoes, a Judith Leiber clutch, and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.

Pierce Brosnan has spied the next James Bond — and it’s Cillian Murphy.Brosnan, who starred as James Bond in four movies, says that Murphy (“Oppenheimer,” “Peaky Blinders”) is the natural choice to play the dashing secret agent on the big screen.“Cillian would do a magnificent job as James Bond on His Majesty’s Secret Service,” Brosnan said at the Oscar Wilde Awards in LA Thursday night, according to Variety. Murphy was also at the event with his fellow Irish actor.Murphy, who is the odds-on favorite to win Best Actor at the March 10 Academy Awards, has finished filming his next project, the historical drama “Small Things Like These,” which premiered last month at the Berlin Film Festival.He has also expressed interest in filming a big-screen adaptation of his hit BBC gangster series “Peaky Blinders,” which streamed on Netflix.Brosnan starred as James Bond from 1995-2002 in “Golden Eye,” “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “The World Is Not Enough” and “Die Another Day.”The role was inherited by Daniel Craig, who’s made five Bond movies (2006-2021).Since Craig retired from the James Bond franchise, several names to succeed him have been bandied about, including Idris Elba, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page and “Superman” star Henry Cavill.Murphy stars in “Oppenheimer” as J.

Ellise Shafer Former “James Bond” star Pierce Brosnan has made his pick for who should play the iconic spy next: Cillian Murphy. At the Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night, Brosnan was asked by the BBC for his opinion on which actor should play Bond after Daniel Craig retired from the role in 2021.

K.J. Yossman Julianne Moore, Michael Douglas and Emma Thompson are among a slew of celebrities putting their names to a campaign for nuclear disarmament. Ahead of “Oppenheimer’s” expected domination at the Oscars this Sunday, Moore, Douglas, Thompson and other celebrities have backed the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s “Make Nukes History” campaign.

Charles Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan called Robert Oppenheimer “the most important person who ever lived.” It’s hard to know how he would have responded. Pleased with the recognition, modest demurral, or a caustic retort? What we do know: he certainly felt his work and the significance of it — and felt the weight of it. As he described it: “We knew the world would never be the same.” He spent the rest of his life trying to share that insight with the world.

Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy was forced to have his head “glued shut” due to an accident involving a pillow given to him by Emily Blunt.The stars play couple J. Robert Oppenheimer and Kitty Oppenheimer in the Christopher Nolan film, and Blunt revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live that she decided to gift the sleep item to her co-star as she felt he needed good rest in making the film.“I just felt Cillian needed, probably even more than food, was sleep on this movie,” she began.