Hollywood: Christopher Nolan unveils first poster of upcoming thriller 'Oppenheimer'

Hollywood ace director Christopher Nolan, on Thursday, unveiled the first poster of his upcoming film 'Oppenheimer' starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh in the lead roles.

In the fiery poster, the 'Peaky Blinders' actor Cillian Murphy could be seen as J. Robert Oppenheimer, taking a walk in the cloud of fire and smoke.

According to Variety, Christopher Nolan will team up with VFX studio DNEG for his upcoming film "Oppenheimer." This marks the eighth collaboration between Nolan and the studio.

The upcoming Universal project is a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist remembered as one of the fathers of the atom bomb.

Previously, the makers unveiled the film's first look poster of Cillian Murphy.

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Published in 2006, the 721-page book took Bird and Sherwin 25 years to research and write. Both authors are credited as writers of the film, with Nolan himself penning the screenplay, Variety reported.