“Oppenheimer” is coming soon to NBCUniversal’s Peacock, allowing viewers to experience the three-hour historical epic from the comfort of their own home.
Christopher Nolan's award-winning blockbuster, starring Cillian Murphy in the title role, will stream on Peacock starting February 16, nearly seven months after its theatrical release on July 21, 2023.
In addition to “Oppenheimer,” Peacock will also have the following Nolan-directed films available to stream starting February 1: “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Dunkirk,” “Inception.” and “Memento.”
At the Golden Globes earlier this week, “Oppenheimer” won five trophies: Best Motion Picture Drama; best director for Nolan; Best Male Actor Drama for Murphy; best male actor in a supporting role for Robert Downey Jr.; and best original music for Ludwig Göransson.
The drama tells the story of the father of the atomic bomb, from his time as a physics student through his experience as director of the Manhattan Project to his security hearing in 1954. Matt Damon plays Manhattan Project leader Leslie Groves Jr., Emily Blunt plays Katherine “Kitty “ Oppenheimer and Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The supporting cast includes Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Casey Affleck and more.
One half of this summer's box office sensation “Barbenheimer,” “Oppenheimer” grossed $950 million worldwide. Reflecting on the film's box office success, Nolan told Variety: “It's clear at the box office that audiences are looking for things they've never seen before. We went through a period when it was wonderfully reassuring for studio executives to feel like their franchise properties could last forever and predictably succeed. But you can’t deny moviegoers’ desire for something new.”
Although the film became the highest-grossing biopic in history, Nolan was hesitant to classify “Oppenheimer” as such: “It’s not a useful genre. I love working in useful genres. This film is the heist film related to the Manhattan Project and the courtroom drama related to the security hearings. It is very useful to look at the conventions of these genres and see how they can attract the audience and allow me to communicate with the audience.”