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Emily Blunt has joined the cast of the upcoming biopic Oppenheimer, it was announced on Wednesday.
Deadline reported that Universal is releasing the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who was one of the founders of the atom bomb.
The 38-year-old English actress will star opposite Cillian Murphy, 45, in the new film from director Christopher Nolan.
New undertaking: On Wednesday it was announced that Emily Blunt has joined the cast of the upcoming biopic Oppenheimer; seen in July
The role will see the London-born beauty as Oppenheimer's (Murphy) wife Katherine Oppenheimer.
The film will be an adaptation of the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a Pulitzer Prize winner by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. It was published in 2005.
In addition to directing, Nolan is set to write the script
