Production on Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has commenced in New Mexico. We also have our first on-set photo, this one has Matt Damon’s Lt. General Leslie Groves and Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer giving some kind of speech on-stage, presumably related to the start of the Manhattan Project.
Oppenheimer” is set for a 5+ month production. The film depicts the life of the title character J. Robert Oppenheimer, who had an involvement in WWII’s Manhattan Project, which earned him the moniker of the "father of the atomic bomb.”
“Oppenheimer” is the first film to shoot in IMAX black-and-white analog photography. There have been mixed reports as to whether the film’s entirety or only portions of it will be in Black and White. Maybe someone should ask the film’s DP Hoyte Van Hoytema.