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The red carpet portion of the Oppenheimer U.S. premiere has been canceled.

Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s upcoming historical thriller starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in the lead role. This movie features the protagonist during the invention of the atomic bomb. The film has had red carpet premieres in Paris and the United Kingdom. The cast walked out of the U.K. premiere before the screening to stand in solidarity with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors strike.

The movie is going to have its United States premiere in New York City at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Monday, July 17, 2023. While the film will still screen at the premiere, the cast will no longer attend as the strike prevents SAG-AFTRA members from promoting their movie.

“In support of the ongoing SAG strike, the filmmakers of Oppenheimer will not be proceeding with the NY premiere as originally planned, and will instead screen the movie to celebrate the crew and craftspeople who contributed to making this landmark film,” a statement from Universal Pictures read (via Variety).

Actors that may have shown up would have included Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.

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By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.