Cillian Murphy is a Man With “No Choice” in First Official ‘Oppenheimer’ Trailer

The first official trailer for oppenheimer shows Cillian Murphy as a man who is not sure how severe the impact of developing an atomic bomb will be, but who feels the need to create it anyway.

“We imagine a future, and our imaginations horrify us,” J. Robert Oppenheimer says of Murphy in a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer, as clips of him in a New Mexico field are shown.

“They won’t fear it until they understand it,” he continues as shots of the bomb being built play. “And they won’t understand it until they’ve used it.”

The two-minute trailer aired before Avatar: The Path of Water in theaters over the weekend and premiered online on Sunday. Provides the most in-depth look yet at Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film and his extensive cast.

“I don’t know if we can be trusted with a weapon like that, but I don’t have a choice,” says a conflicted Murphy, as the atomic bomb moves ever closer to completion. “Is someone going to tell the truth about what’s going on here?” he asks, indicating that there may be more at stake than meets the eye.

universal won oppenheimer in a bidding war, making it Nolan’s first film in years not made at his former Warner Bros. studio. Kenneth Branagh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, Josh Peck and more make up the star-studded cast of the project.

The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy by J. Robert Oppenheimer.

oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21, 2023.