The Atomic Bomb Is on the Way in the Thrilling Trailer For Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer"

The screen adaptation of the theoretical physicist's biography will take place against the backdrop of World War II. The plot will center on Oppenheimer, also known as the "father of the atomic bomb," and his contributions to the Manhattan Project as the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. The second, May 2023 trailer shows that the movie will not just focus on the creation of the bomb, but also the public reaction to it.

The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2005 biography "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, which took the authors 25 years of research and writing.