Universal Pictures is planning a big splashy premiere for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” next Monday in New York. Everyone is looking forward to this multiple Oscar contender.
The party after the screening is set for the Museum of Natural History. Everyone loves standing under the blue whale and having canapes.
But now that may be impossible. Last night in London. the “Oppenheimer” premiere was moved up by an hour because the studio worried a strike would be called before their red carpet was finished.
If the SAG AFTRA strike is called today, then the blue whale may be very lonely on Monday night. No one’s crossing a picket line even if the movie is considered “da bomb.”
Of course, the premiere could proceed. But none of its stars will show up– no Matt Damon or Robert Downey Jr or Emily Blunt or Oppenheimer himself, Cillian Murphy. Nolan could come, I suppose, but likely won’t as it wouldn’t be a good look.
So stay tuned…
