While not many details have been released about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming historical drama, “The Odyssey,” the studio behind it is making big promises.
Universal Studios’ distribution chief, Jim Orr, gave the film a rave review during an appearance at CinemaCon this week. He called Nolan’s adaptation of the classic tale “a visionary, once-in-a-generation cinematic masterpiece that Homer himself would quite likely be proud of.”
While he delivered the line with all seriousness, per <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/christopher-nolan-odyssey-masterpiece-universal-says-1236358279/">Variety</a>, it did cause some audience members to break out in laughter at the idea. 
Orr went on to mention how Nolan “assembled a staggering all-star cast,” including big-time Hollywood players such as Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron. Other stars involved include John Leguizamo, Benny Safdie, Jon Bernthal, Mia Goth, Elliot Page, Samantha Morton, Benny Safdie, Cosmo Jarvis, and Ryan Hurst.
So far, it’s been revealed that Damon will take on the role of Odysseus, king of Ithaca. None of the other casting choices have been confirmed yet.
The film is <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-movie-universal-pictures-1236179804/">described</a> by Universal as a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new Imax film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to Imax film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026,” per The Hollywood Reporter.
The Odyssey by Homer is an ancient Greek epic that follows Odysseus on a long and dangerous journey home after the Trojan War. The hero is forced to contend with mythical creatures, vengeful gods, and numerous trials as he struggles for ten years to return to his home, where his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, are waiting for him. Odysseus ultimately reclaims his kingdom by proving his identity and defeating those who tried to steal his throne.
Nolan’s last project, “Oppenheimer,” took home seven Academy Awards in 2024, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Original Score. 
According to multiple reports, “The Odyssey” is rumored to be the most expensive film of Nolan’s career, with an estimated $250 million budget. John Leguizamo said during an interview with “Morning Joe” that Nolan was running the project like an “indie film.”
“Dude, you know the thing is, okay he’s got a crazy budget, it’s not small, but he runs [it] like an indie film because he’s not doing it by committee, he’s not doing it by what the studio says,” the actor said last month, per <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/odyssey-john-leguizamo-christopher-nolan-indie-filmmaker-b2720323.html">The Independent</a>.
“He’s like an indie filmmaker but with crazy money,” he added.

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Universal Exec Says ‘Homer Himself’ Would Be ‘Proud’ Of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Adaptation

Universal Exec Says 'Homer Himself' Would Be 'Proud' Of Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' Adaptation

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Oscar-winning actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Anne Hathaway</a> said she was negatively affected by online harassment a decade ago but credited filmmaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> with helping ensure her career survived. 
The 41-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">star</a> reflected on the drama during a new cover interview for <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/anne-hathaway-cover-story">Vanity Fair</a>.
“All the advice that you’re given is to protect yourself. ‘Everybody’s dangerous and everybody’s trying to get something from you.’&#8230; People were advising me that I armor myself and keep that distance, and that I have two selves,” Hathaway explained. 
“I found that terribly confusing,” she told the outlet. “So I don’t do it that way. I’m not armored. Which is a boon for acting, because your emotions are accessible. But when you’re criticized, it’s acutely painful.”
“This was a language I had employed with myself since I was seven. And when your self-inflicted pain is suddenly somehow amplified back at you at, say, the full volume of the internet…. It’s a thing,” Hathaway said of being criticized by the public and the media. 
She said Academy Award-winning director Christopher Nolan helped her by ignoring her reputation. The “Devil Wears Prada” actress said, “A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online. I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who did not care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve had in one of the best films that I’ve been a part of.”
Nolan cast Hathaway in the dystopian thriller “Interstellar” (2014) opposite Matthew McConaughey. “I don’t know if he knew that he was backing me at the time, but it had that effect,” Hathaway said. “And my career did not lose momentum the way it could have if he hadn’t backed me.”
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 The vitriol against Hathaway began after she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2013 for her role in “Les Miserables.” Headlines dominating the entertainment news cycle pitted her against her contemporary, Jennifer Lawrence. 
“Anne Hathaway can’t win,” one popular Buzzfeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/anne-hathaway-syndrome">article</a> declared, dubbing the phenomenon of checking every box for being a successful actress but still facing criticism for an unknown flaw as “Anne Hathaway syndrome.” 
Some other articles on the topic include: “Why Do Women Hate Anne Hathaway? (But Love Jennifer Lawrence?)” (New York Magazine); “Anne Hathaway vs. Jennifer Lawrence: Why we hate one and love the other” (The Globe and Mail), and “The Happy Girl vs. The Cool Girl: Why People Don’t Like Anne Hathaway” (IndieWire).

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Anne Hathaway Recalls Online Hatred Creating A ‘Toxic’ Identity, Says ‘Angel’ Christopher Nolan Saved Her Career

Anne Hathaway Recalls Online Hatred Creating A 'Toxic' Identity, Says 'Angel' Christopher Nolan Saved Her Career

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&#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; movie scored big at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home seven Oscars from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the annual awards show, and the Christopher Nolan-directed film took home seven out of 13 nominations. Those included Best Picture of the Year, which beat out the likes of Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Poor Things.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oppenheimer-review-the-amazing-christopher-nolan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217;</a> also won Best Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Best Music (Original Score). Cillian Murphy won Best Actor for his performance in the thriller/mystery, and Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor.
During his acceptance speech, <a href="https://x.com/ABC/status/1767008486167056837?s=20">Murphy</a> said making the film was the &#8220;wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively satisfying journey&#8221; he&#8217;s had &#8220;over the last twenty years.&#8221;
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&#8220;Every single crew member, every single cast member on OPPENHEIMER, you guys carried me through,&#8221; he added. &#8220;All my fellow nominees, I remain in awe of you guys. Truly.&#8221;
Murphy thanked his &#8220;incredible team&#8221; and then his wife, Yvonne McGuinness, who he said is his &#8220;partner in life.&#8221; He also thanked their two boys, Malachy and Aran.
&#8220;So, you know, we made a film &#8212; we made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb,&#8221; Murphy continued. &#8220;And for better or for worse, we&#8217;re all living in Oppenheimer&#8217;s world. So I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.&#8221;
Yorgos Lanthimos-directed &#8220;Poor Things,&#8221; a film about a sex-crazed woman with a child’s brain, took home the next highest number of honors, bringing home four out of 11 nominations. Those included Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, along with<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/emma-stones-new-movie-about-sex-crazed-woman-with-a-childs-brain-generates-oscar-buzz"> Emma Stone</a> taking home the Oscar for Best Actress,
&#8220;The other night I was panicking &#8212; as you can kind of see, it happens a lot &#8212; that maybe something like this could happen,&#8221; Stone <a href="https://x.com/THR/status/1767012706651910513?s=20">said</a> during her acceptance speech. &#8220;And Yorgos said to me, &#8216;Please take yourself out of it.&#8217; And he was right, because it&#8217;s not about me. It&#8217;s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts.&#8221;
&#8220;And that is the best part about making movies,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s all of us together. And I am so deeply honored to share this with every cast member, with every crew member, with every single person who poured their love and their care and their brilliance into the making of this film.&#8221;
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She closed out her acceptance speech by thanking her family, her husband, and their 3-year-old daughter, who she said &#8220;has turned our lives technicolor.&#8221;
&#8220;The Holdovers&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-holdovers-star-davine-joy-randolph-praises-god-in-oscars-acceptance-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Da’Vine Randolph</a> praised God during her acceptance speech when she received the award for Best Supporting Actress, her first Oscar and first nomination.
Greta Gerwig&#8217;s &#8220;Barbie&#8221; received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Costume Design, and Production Design. However, the film only won one award for Best Original Song: &#8220;What Was I Made For?&#8221; by Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O’Connell.
One of the highlights of the night had to be when &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbie-banned-in-kuwait-and-lebanon-could-be-next-as-govt-official-says-it-promotes-homosexuality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbie</a>&#8221; star Ryan Gosling took the stage to perform &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/DEADLINE/status/1767002189770227823?s=20">I’m Just Ken</a>.&#8221; It is fair to say it brought the house down and led to the star getting a standing ovation.
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&#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; star Cillian Murphy conceded during a recent interview that his costar, Oscar-winning actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Damon</a>, was probably justified in calling him &#8220;the worst dinner companion imaginable.&#8221;
Murphy, who played the title role in the Christopher Nolan-directed historical drama, told &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; host Scott Pelley that — at least while they were still filming — he had probably been more interested in staying in character and getting enough sleep than he was in entertaining at dinner.
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Pelley put the question to Murphy directly, saying, &#8220;Matt Damon told me that &#8216;Cillian is the worst dinner companion imaginable.'&#8221;
Murphy laughed, and Pelley explained: &#8220;What he meant by that was when you&#8217;re working on a film — when you&#8217;re being the character — there&#8217;s very little room in your head for anything else.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I mean, I&#8217;ve always been like that, I think,&#8221; Murphy said, still laughing. &#8220;But it&#8217;s because, to me, you have the time on set, which is short enough time — you have 10 hours, maybe. And then the other part, if you&#8217;ve got a significant part, you&#8217;re having to keep your lines fresh.&#8221;
&#8220;And then the other big thing for me is sleeping. I love sleeping and I need sleep,&#8221; Murphy continued. He went on to explain that in the weeks after filming wrapped, he and Damon had eaten together on a number of occasions while promoting the film: &#8220;lots of lovely dinners.&#8221;
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&#8220;At the time, yeah, you just don&#8217;t have the room, like you say, in your head, and you want as much sleep as possible,&#8221; he said.
Murphy&#8217;s dedication to craft appears to have paid off — his turn in &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; earned him his first <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/awards/?ref_=tt_awd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academy Award nomination</a> in the Best Actor category. He already won in that same category at the 2024 Golden Globes and the 2024 BAFTA Awards in London. Costars Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt were also nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories, respectively. The film is nominated for Best Picture, and Nolan is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Directing as well, among 13 nominations total.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Star Explains Why Matt Damon Called Him ‘The Worst Dinner Companion Imaginable’

'Oppenheimer' Star Explains Why Matt Damon Called Him 'The Worst Dinner Companion Imaginable'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> is reflecting on the overwhelming success of his epic biographical <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film</a>, “Oppenheimer,” and what it means for the future of the movie industry.
The 53-year-old British <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">filmmaker</a> made his thoughts known during an appearance on the “Countdown to the BAFTAS” podcast, as Variety <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/sports/mark-andrews-saves-womans-life-on-plane-truly-amazing/">reported</a>. Nolan talked about how the movie’s box office success proves that movie fans are willing to return to theaters in person and that they’re not only looking for superhero and franchise films.
“Everybody has a tendency to talk down the movie business,” he said. “Really for the whole time I think I’ve been working in movies, I felt the sort of cultural establishment always predicting the demise of movie theaters. Now I get asked that question, you know, ‘What do I think about the health of the movie business?’ I don’t really know how to respond. We just released a three-hour, R-rated film about quantum physics and it made a billion dollars. Like what? Obviously our view is that the audience is there and they’re excited to see something new.”
Nolan continued, “The success of ‘Oppenheimer’ certainly points to a sort of post-franchise, post-IP landscape for movies … It’s kind of encouraging. It reminds the studios that there is an appetite for something people haven’t seen before or an approach to things that people haven’t seen before.”
“Something like ‘Oppenheimer’ working gives other filmmakers a point of reference for how something can work in the marketplace that the studio can relate to,” the eight-time Academy Award nominee said during the podcast appearance.
His comments come just after several big-budget franchise productions, including “The Flash,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “The Marvels,” all had underwhelming results at the box office. Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie&#8221; were among the top 10 highest grossing projects of last year.
The outlet noted that Nolan himself has worked on franchise films and said in the past that Hollywood should include a healthy mix of both originals and sequels or remakes.
 “There’s always a balance in Hollywood between established titles that can assure a return in audience and give people more of what they want,” the “Batman Begins” director <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GknbfwhwrVs">told</a> AP during a 2023 interview. 
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“That’s always been a big part of the economics of Hollywood, and it pays for a lot of other types of films to be made and distributed,” he added. “But there also always has to be respect for the audience’s desire for something new. That’s one of the big thrills of going to the movies is, frankly, seeing a trailer for a movie you’ve never heard of or type of movie you haven’t seen. A healthy ecosystem in Hollywood is about a balance between the two things and always has been.”

Christopher Nolan Reacts To His ‘Post-Franchise, Post-IP Landscape’ Film Clearing Almost $1B: ‘It’s Kind Of Encouraging’

Christopher Nolan Reacts To His 'Post-Franchise, Post-IP Landscape' Film Clearing Almost $1B: 'It's Kind Of Encouraging'

The 81st <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a> aired Sunday night, and with that came some expected outcomes along with a few surprises.
Viewers expected “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Oppenheimer</a>” to own the night after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">blockbuster</a> biopic was nominated in eight categories. The Christopher Nolan drama was indeed a <a href="https://goldenglobes.com/">big winner</a>, taking home five awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Yorgos Lanthimos’ science fantasy black <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">comedy</a> “Poor Things,” which was inspired by “Frankenstein,” was the surprise winner over “Barbie” in the Best Comedy or Musical category.
“Barbie” made more than $1.4 billion worldwide, but that didn’t translate into wins at the Globes. The Greta Gerwig-directed project was nominated in nine categories but only had two wins in minor categories: Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Song for Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”
One of the biggest surprise upsets for “Barbie” was losing Best Screenplay to “Anatomy of a Fall.” This decision comes on the heels of the Academy ruling that “Barbie” must compete in the Oscars later this year under the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oscars-committee-determines-barbie-is-an-adapted-screenplay-not-original">Adapted Screenplay category</a> rather than as an Original Screenplay, which they petitioned for.
Because “Barbie” nabbed the Box Office Achievement award, it left Taylor Swift high and dry with zero wins. Her “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” film, which smashed records in the concert film genre, was only nominated in that single category. 
Other big success stories of the night included the HBO comedy-drama “Succession,” which earned four wins, including Best Drama. “Beef,” a Netflix limited series exploring the fallout of a road rage incident, also won in three categories.
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Lily Gladstone won Best Female Actor in a Drama for her portrayal of an Osage woman in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Emma Stone won Best Female Actor in a Comedy for “Poor Things.”
Paul Giamatti was named Best Actor in a Comedy for “The Holdovers” while Cillian Murphy won Best Actor in a Drama for “Oppenheimer.
“Succession” stars Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook won Best Male Actor and Best Female Actor in a TV Drama. Best Actor in a TV Musical or Comedy went to Jeremy Allen White for “The Bear” while Best Actress was awarded to Ayo Edibiri for her work on the same series.
The Globes had some drama several years ago pertaining to alleged sexism and racism. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved in the wake of the crisis, which led to the new show moving from NBC to CBS as the production fought to reclaim its place as the third-biggest award show of the year following the Oscars and Grammys.

‘Oppenheimer’ Dominates Golden Globes, ‘Barbie’ Underperforms, And Taylor Swift Gets Snubbed

'Oppenheimer' Dominates Golden Globes, 'Barbie' And Taylor Swift Snubbed

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Academy Award nominated director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> recalled an awkward experience when his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/peloton">Peloton</a> instructor started ripping into one of his films during a live workout, not realizing he was taking the class.
“I was on my Peloton doing a high-interval workout. I’m dying,” Nolan said while accepting the award for Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-nolan-peloton-instructor-movie-criticism-workout-class-1235779834/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “The instructor started talking about one of my <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">films</a> and said, ‘Has anyone else seen this? Because that’s a couple hours of my life I’ll never get back again.’”
The instructor was apparently referring to the 2020 movie “Tenet” during her rant.
Nolan went on to say how “directors have a complex emotional relationship with critics and criticism,” but mentioned how receiving bad reviews from critics is very different from getting those types of remarks from regular citizens, including fitness instructors.
“When [film critic] Rex Reed takes a s*** on your film, he doesn’t ask you to work out!” the “Oppenheimer” director joked. “In today’s world, where opinions are everywhere, there is a sort of idea that film criticism is being democratized. But I, for one, think the critical appreciation of films shouldn’t be an instinct, but it should be a profession.”
After Nolan delivered his acceptance speech, internet sleuths were able to track down the workout class clip in question and started circulating it online.
Instructor Jenn Sherman says during the virtual class, “This song is from a soundtrack of a movie called ‘Tenet.’ Anybody see this s***? Did anybody see this besides me? Because I need a manual. Someone’s got to explain this. Yeah, I’m not kidding, what the f*** was going on in that movie? Do you understand? Seriously, you need to be a neuroscientist to understand. And that’s two and a half hours of my life that I want back.”
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“Tenet” is a science fiction action thriller starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The storyline follows a former CIA agent who is tasked with tracing the origin of objects traveling backwards through time and establishing how they play into an attack on the present from the future.
The movie grossed $365 million worldwide against a $200 million budget, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 2020 and the first major movie to open in theaters following the pandemic. 
“Tenet” had mixed critic reviews, but was nominated for two Academy Awards and won for Best Visual Effects.

Christopher Nolan Reacts To Peloton Instructor Bashing His Movie During Live Class He’s Taking

Christopher Nolan Reacts To Peloton Instructor Bashing His Movie During Live Class He's Taking

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“Oppenheimer” is an amazing achievement; Christopher Nolan is the best living director.
There is no question about this. How do you turn a three-hour biopic about a nuclear physicist into a blockbuster movie with essentially one big explosion?
The movie is a masterclass. The filmmaking is beautiful to watch. It’s the best biopic about science ever made — and no others are even close. The performances are universally fantastic. There are many cameos of people who you will recognize in addition to lead actor Cillian Murphy, who turns in a great performance.
What’s fascinating about the film from a historical point of view is the pro-Oppenheimer angle. The basic thrust of the Oppenheimer story is that he was granted security clearance in order to help produce the atomic bomb.
There is good evidence that the Soviets were using J. Robert Oppenheimer in the early 1940s, even during the Manhattan Project, in order to facilitate the transfer of information. The man was deeply embedded in and surrounded by tons of communists. Many actual acting Soviet spies were present at Los Alamos during this period.
Everyone was worried about Oppenheimer’s communist ties. But they had no choice because most of the best nuclear scientists had sympathy with communists. Albert Einstein himself said of Vladimir Lenin, “I honor Lenin as a man who completely sacrificed himself and devoted all his energy to the realization of social justice. I do not consider his methods practical, but one thing is certain: men of his type are the guardians and restorers of humanity.”
One reason for the sympathy for communists was that most of Europe at this point was divided between fascists and communists. A lot of people who opposed the Nazis fell into the communist camp because the communists very often would promise equality of man and brotherhood. For a lot of Jewish expatriates who had been victimized by Nazis on the basis of race, they looked at communism, which suggested equality, and were sympathetic.
So Oppenheimer was brought to Los Alamos; despite serious suspicions about his security, he was given security clearance.
After the war, he became an ardent opponent of the development of the hydrogen bomb, saying it would lead to an arms race and perhaps the United States should share technology with the Russians. Then everyone would put down their weapons.
There are two ways to read that. Oppenheimer’s fans would suggest he was so stunned by the power of the bomb that he turned against the use of nuclear weapons and their possibility, with him saying, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” The other perspective is that he was perfectly fine using the bomb on Japan when the Soviets wanted the bomb to be used on Japan. But then as soon as the war was over, he didn’t want the United States leaping far ahead of the Russians in terms of nuclear technology, so he wanted to stop the development of the hydrogen bomb.
These suspicions led Lewis Strauss to organize a removal of Oppenheimer’s security clearance. In the movie, this is played as a McCarthyite scare, as if everyone was overwrought. But there is good evidence suggesting that Oppenheimer probably should not have had a security clearance in the aftermath of the war because he had been given it simply as an emergency measure. Every woman he ever slept with was a communist. All of his friends were communists. He gave money to communist causes.
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The biggest problem with the movie is the time in which the movie has been made. Here’s why: The entire premise of the movie is that Oppenheimer has created the means for the world to destroy itself, and he can’t deal with it. That’s the entire plotline of the movie. All of the counterarguments to him — mutually assured destruction, we have to bomb Japan because a million men will die on the beaches of Japan if we don’t, we have to beat the Soviets — are treated as bad concerns. 
History proves all of Oppenheimer’s critics basically correct. The reality is that nuclear power has been one of the greatest achievements in the history of science, maybe the greatest achievement in the history of science. Why? Not only because of the development of nuclear energy, which is essentially endless and clean, but also because the development of the nuclear bomb itself has made wartime death extraordinarily less of a mathematical issue.
The number of American soldiers who were killed in World War II was 405,000; 116,000 Americans died in World War I.
Then the nuclear bomb was developed.
There were 36,000 American deaths in the Korean War, which is less than one-third the total of World War I and less than one-tenth the total of World War II; 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War. These are bloody, long wars. The Persian Gulf War totaled 382 deaths; the Iraq operation, 4,600; and the Afghanistan operation, 2,400.
The number of wartime deaths on planet Earth went down dramatically in the aftermath of the development of the bomb. Why? Because if you’re going to fight a proxy war, it better not escalate into anything that approaches a nuclear exchange.
There’s a scene in the movie where Oppenheimer visits President Truman. In it, he tells Truman he doesn’t want to help create the hydrogen bomb and he’s very concerned about the casualties. He says that he is disturbed because he’s the person who created the bomb. Truman looks at him and says, “You didn’t drop it. I dropped it. Nobody’s gonna remember you for dropping it. They’re gonna remember you for the science and remember me for dropping the bomb.” Then he says, “Get this crybaby out of my office.” Truman was right. Nobody remembers Oppenheimer for being the guy who dropped the bomb because he didn’t drop the bomb.
The movie seems to suggest the scientists had some sort of special viewpoint into humanity because they developed the science while the politicians were venal and corrupt and had worldly concerns — but the scientists operate on a spiritual plane.
The cult of scientific expertise probably went out of fashion with Oppenheimer. It’s a good thing it did, because the reality is that just because a scientist is great at science does not mean they know anything about politics or about human nature. Take Anthony Fauci, for example, who does not know about human nature. Fauci does not know what decisions should be made to balance all the interests of human beings. This is why we elect politicians. This is why we don’t have scientific god-kings.
There are a couple messages from the film that conflict. One message: It’s bad scientists don’t get to run things because politicians are venal. Second message: Scientists can be screwed up because they’re just like all other human beings. They’re not a class apart. They are not wiser or more brilliant, except in the fields in which they’re wiser and more brilliant, which includes nuclear physics but does not include politics.
But the fact that the movie takes on all of these issues — politics, science, the interplay of the two, communism versus freedom of speech — in a three-hour blockbuster that will make hundreds of millions of dollars?
All of this is a testament to what Christopher Nolan is capable of.
It’s so good I will watch it twice. That’s saying a lot because it’s three hours long.
And it’s worth every minute.
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Academy Award-winning actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-damon">Matt Damon</a> said he promised his wife he’d take a break from acting on one condition: he’d have to reconsider if legendary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">filmmaker</a> Christopher Nolan offered him a part.
The 52-year-old father of four stars in Nolan’s highly anticipated historical drama, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Oppenheimer</a>,” which debuts July 21. During an <a href="https://ew.com/movies/oppenheimer-matt-damon-time-off-caveat-christopher-nolan-cillian-murphy/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=64b598d6a756b90001e2e609">interview</a> with Entertainment Weekly, he explained that he didn’t technically break his promise when he accepted the role.
“This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” Damon told the outlet. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off. I had been in ‘Interstellar’ and then Chris put me on ice for a couple of movies, so I wasn’t in the rotation, but I actually negotiated in couples therapy ­— this is a true story — the one caveat to my taking time off was if Chris Nolan called.”
“This is without knowing whether or not he was working on anything, because he never tells you. He just calls you out of the blue. And so, it was a moment in my household,” the actor said.
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Nolan offered Damon the part of Leslie Groves, director of The Manhattan Project, opposite Cillian Murphy playing the titular star. Murphy said he was equally surprised to be offered the opportunity. 
“He’s so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English manner, just said, ‘Listen, I’ve written this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I’d like you to be my Oppenheimer,’” Murphy told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/oppenheimer-cillian-murphy-christopher-nolan-9b162a6d378d2e27fd718aa4f4d57a1a">Associated Press</a> during an interview in May. “It was a great day… We have this long-standing understanding and trust and shorthand and respect. It felt like the right time to take on a bigger responsibility. And it just so happened that it was a huge one.”
Damon <a href="https://people.com/movies/who-is-luciana-barroso-matt-damon-wife/">married</a> longtime girlfriend, Argentine-born Luciana Bozán Barroso, in December 2005. She is not part of the entertainment industry and has no social media presence. The couple met while Damon was filming “Stuck On You” in Miami, where Barroso worked as a bartender. 
They have four daughters together.

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Christian Bale, who gave iconic performances as Batman in filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s masterful trilogy about the Caped Crusader, suggested that he might be willing to don the cape one last time— on one condition.
Nolan’s trilogy was comprised of “Batman Begins” (2005), &#8220;The Dark Knight&#8221; (2008) and “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012). The films <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190707025757/https:/www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=darkknighttrilogy.htm">amassed</a> roughly $2.5 billion at the box office worldwide.
Asked about a potential return to the role, Bale told <a href="https://screenrant.com/christian-bale-batman-return-christopher-nolan-condition-response/">Screen Rant</a>, &#8220;No one’s ever mentioned it to me. No one’s brought it up. &#8230; Occasionally people say to me, ‘Oh, I hear you were approached and offered all this.’ And I’m like, ‘That’s news to me. No one’s ever said that.'&#8221;
“I had a pact with Chris Nolan,” Bale continued. “We said, ‘Hey, look. Let&#8217;s make three films, if we&#8217;re lucky enough to get to do that. And then let&#8217;s walk away. Let&#8217;s not linger too long.’ In my mind, it would be something if Chris Nolan ever said to himself, ‘You know what, I&#8217;ve got another story to tell.’ And if he wished to tell that story with me, I&#8217;d be in.”
Bale is set to star as Gorr the God Butcher in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which follows “Thor: Ragnarok.” Nolan is directing “Oppenheimer,” about J. Robert Oppenheimer and in the development of the atomic bomb, starring Cillian Murphy and set to premiere in 2023.
In 2003, prior to the release of Nolan’s first Batman film, he <a href="https://www.superherohype.com/features/83215-official-christian-bale-is-batman">said</a> of Bale, “What I see in Christian is the ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for.”
Jeff Robinov, then president of production for Warner Bros. Pictures, added,  “Now that we’ve found the best person to play Batman, we are really looking forward to moving ahead with the rest of our casting, and are excited about the exceptional group we are assembling.”
Actors who have played Batman in films include Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s “Batman” and the sequel “Batman Returns”; Val Kilmer in “Batman Forever”; George Clooney in the campy “Batman &amp; Robin”; Ben Affleck in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Suicide Squad,” “Justice League,” and the upcoming “The Flash,” and Robert Pattinson in “The Batman.”
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/04/why-christian-bale-will-always-be-the-best-batman">The Guardian</a> opined, “Here’s why Bale, despite his own misgivings, will most likely be remembered as the greatest dark knight ever to stalk the rooftops of Gotham City. &#8230; Bale gave us a Batman we could believe in, in more ways than one. Crucially the character is never overplayed.”

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