Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer - premiering on SkyShowtime from 21 March – wins seven Oscars at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony

The critically acclaimed global blockbuster took home seven awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director

The success comes after the film was awarded seven BAFTAs in February including Best Film, Leading Actor and Director

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it

Oppenheimer will be available to stream exclusively on SkyShowtime from 21 March

Amassing $USD952 million at the global box-office and honoured with this year’s highest industry accolades dominating with seven Academy Awards® and seven British Academy Film & Television Award (BAFTA) wins, blockbuster Oppenheimer, starring Oscar®-winner Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, will be available to stream exclusively on SkyShowtime from 21 March.

Written for the screen and directed by Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer propels audiences into the mind of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose landmark work as the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Oscar winner Matt Damon, Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr., Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, and Oscar winners Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.

The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan.

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Notes to Editors

·       The 2024 Academy Awards nominations included Best Picture (Winner): Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan; Best Director (Winner): Christopher Nolan; Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan; Best Actor (Winner): Cillian Murphy; Best Supporting Actor (Winner): Robert Downey Jr.; Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt; Best Cinematography (Winner): Hoyte van Hoytema; Best Costume Design: Ellen Mirojnick; Best Film Editing (Winner): Jennifer Lame; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Luisa Abel; Best Original Score (Winner): Ludwig Göransson; Best Production Design: Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman; Best Sound: Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo

·       The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards nominations included Best Film (Winner): Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas; Director (Winner): Christopher Nolan; Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan; Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy (Winner); Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt; Supporting Actor (Winner): Robert Downey Jr.; Cinematography (Winner): Hoyte van Hoytema; Costume Design: Ellen Mirojnick; Editing (Winner): Jennifer Lame; Make Up & Hair: Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid; Original Score (Winner): Ludwig Göransson; Production Design: Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman; Sound: Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell, Gary A. Rizzo

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