Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' adds James D'Arcy & Michael Angarano to cast

This film marks D'Arcy reunion with Nolan following the 2017 war drama "Dunkirk"

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James D'Arcy, best known for The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and This Is Us star Michael Angarano have boarded the cast of Oppenheimer.

  Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film stars Cilian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, in the lead.

Details about the characters D'Arcy and Angarano are playing have not been disclosed, reported Deadline.

This film marks D'Arcy reunion with Nolan following the 2017 war drama Dunkirk.

The duo join an ensemble that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian and Jason Clarke.

Production on the feature film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer penned by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin, in underway in New Mexico.

Nolan is also directing the film from his own script. His creative partner and wife Emma Thomas will produce Oppenheimer with Atlas Entertainment's Charles Roven.

The movie is slated to debut in theatres on July 21, 2023.