Matt Damon & Robert Downey Jr. reportedly 'in talks' to join Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

Traditional cinephiles couldn't ask for anything more.

"The ensemble for Christopher Nolan’s next film Oppenheimer keeps growing in star power as sources tell Deadline Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. are in talks to join Cillian Murphy in the Universal Pictures tentpole," Deadline's Justin Kroll exclusively reported Tuesday morning. 

"Deadline previously reported that Emily Blunt is in talks to join the cast as well," Kroll continued. "Nolan is writing and directing the film that revolves around J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The film will bow on July 21, 2023, a slot typically saved for Nolan films in the past. Details behind who Damon and Downey will be playing in the project are being kept under wraps."

It was revealed in September that Oppenheimer was going to be made by Nolan for Universal Studios, "marking the first time in nearly two decades that the director has not filmed a movie for Warner Bros."

Nolan is known for directing and writing such acclaimed films as The Dark Knight (2008), Inception ('10) Interstellar ('14), Dunkirk ('17) and Tenet ('20). The 51-year-old is a five-time Oscar nominee.