Christopher Nolan’s Subsequent Movie Is an Adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey

The speculation can finally end. Common took to social media Monday to present movie followers all over the place a gift: the primary official description of Christopher Nolan’s next movie. It’s referred to as The Odyssey which, sure, is an adaptation of Homer’s poem.

“Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie The Odyssey is a mythic motion epic shot the world over utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise. The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters all over the place on July 17, 2026,” the assertion learn.

Written by Homer centuries earlier than the beginning of Christ, The Odyssey is the follow-up to The Illiad. It follows Odysseus, a Greek hero who travels residence after the Trojan Conflict. A sprawling journey that includes legendary creatures, battles, and extra, it’s a narrative that has been tailored in seemingly each medium in seemingly each period. However, coming from Nolan, you might be certain this would be the greatest, most trustworthy, and big adaptation but. Plus, it’s a far cry from earlier rumors in regards to the movie, such because it being about helicopter cops or the one reported on by this web site which was it was a interval movie about vampires. Hey, no less than it’s a interval movie.

Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong’o star although there’s no phrase on who’s enjoying who. However let’s speculate a bit. We’re pondering—and that is completely from my io9 colleague Sabina Graves—that it will make sense to see Matt Damon as Odysseus, Holland as his son Telemachus, Hathaway as Penelope, Theron as Athena, Pattinson as Poseidon (or the Cyclops), Nyong’o as Circe ,and Zendaya as Calypso. However, once more, pure hypothesis.

And what’s the “model new IMAX movie expertise” the studio is touting? Sounds thrilling. However not as thrilling as Nolan going for the largest story of his total profession, and possibly his second Oscar.

The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolans, opens July 17, 2026.

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