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The Last Champions of Practical Work Over CGI

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Tom Jolliffe looks at cinema’s last stalwarts of practical work over CGI in movies… What does the future hold? Technology is wonderful. Constant evolution brings with it new trends. In cinema, the computer generated image has developed exponentially in the past 30 years. From being something of an eye-catching new toy initially (or garish, nightmarishly […]

Olivia Thirlby joins Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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At this point, it’s becoming easier to list the actors that aren’t involved with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, but despite the fact that cameras have already been rolling for a couple of months the fan-favourite filmmaker continues to expand the high profile cast of his J. Robert Oppenheimer movie. The latest addition to the cast is […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer adds Alex Wolff

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With production currently taking place in New Mexico, director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Oppenheimer has added yet another name to its ensemble cast as Alex Wolff (Old, Hereditary) has signed on to star in the biopic. Although Wolff’s role in the film is yet to be revealed, he will star in a stacked cast that includes longtime […]

Cillian Murphy and Matt Damon featured in set photos from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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While Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is still going about casting everyone in the industry, the project has also begun production on some of the film’s most important scenes as we now have our first look at Cillian Murphy on set as J. Robert Oppenheimer. In these photos, from Twitter user @FilmOppenheimer, we see the Peaky Blinders […]

Vikings actor Gustaf Skarsgård joins Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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Not long after Matthias Schweighöfer was announced to be joining the cast of director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer, it has been reported that Vikings and Westworld actor Gustaf Skarsgård has landed a role in the film. Skarsgard will play Hans Bethe, a German-American nuclear physicist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics and was tasked […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer adds Army of the Dead star Matthias Schweighöfer

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Director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer has added yet another name to its stacked ensemble cast as Deadline is reporting that Army of The Dead’s Matthias Schweighöfer has joined the cast in an unknown role. Schweighöfer was the breakout star last year in Zack Snyder’s Netflix zombie epic Army of the Dead where he played the comedic safecracker Dieter. The actor […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer adds Drake & Josh star Josh Peck

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Director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer continues to add names to its already stacked cast as Variety is reporting that Drake & Josh star Josh Peck has joined the film. In the film, Peck will play Kenneth Bainbridge. His character was a “real scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the codename for America’s effort to […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer adds Louise Lombard

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Not long after Jason Clarke was announced to have joined Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Deadline reported yet another addition to the  growing cast with Louise Lombard (After We Collided) the latest to join the film. Lombard is known for her roles in CSI and the teen romance drama After trilogy with the fourth instalment, After Ever […]

Jason Clarke joins Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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With filming now underway, Christopher Nolan continues to fill out the cast for his next film Oppenheimer for Universal. Per Deadline, Jason Clarke (The Devil All The Time) is the latest to join the upcoming biopic. Clarke’s role in the upcoming film is unknown at this time. He will star alongside Nolan regular Cillian Murphy (Peaky […]

David Dastmalchian joins Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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Director Christopher Nolan is continuing to expand the cast for his upcoming biopic Oppenheimer as The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Dune) is also set to star in the film. Oppenheimer will also be a reunion for Nolan and Dastmalchian as the actor had previously appeared in a short role as Thomas Schiff, […]