Christopher Nolan could make any movie he wants, and for his next project, he's chosen to make a change The Odysseythe epic ancient Greek poem about the gods fucking a war-weary man by dragging him and his crew at sea for ten years as they fight to overcome cyclopes, sirens, and all another kind of mythical obstacles to getting home. It could be bonkers. It will definitely be super expensive. And the film already has an all-star cast.
“Christopher Nolan's next film, 'The Odyssey,' is a world-class mythic action spectacle using state-of-the-art IMAX film technology,” Universal Pictures name at 5:00 pm two days before Christmas as you do. “The film brings Homer's founding saga to IMAX movie screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.” It was a completely unusual way reveal the answer to your riddle fans have been speculating about it for months.
It is the company that puts a big flag in the sand, warning competing films to get out of our way. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, and Matt Damon are all on board in some capacity, although nothing has been revealed about the characters they will play. Pattinson may play Odysseus, the mastermind behind the Trojan Horse and the main character of the poem. Or maybe there are still a ton of other Hollywood stars who are still signing.
The Nolan-era biopic thriller Oppenheimerabout making the atomic bomb, pulled in nearly $1 billion at the global box office back in 2023. The director The Dark Knight trilogy, Startand Interstellar he seems to have a knack for turning any raw material, including the military movements of World War IIinto blockbuster gold. As a result, film studios are willing to give him big budgets to do whatever he wants, and great talent scrambling for the limited spots in his upcoming projects.
But what could put Nolan's situation forward The Odyssey in addition to that he has a penchant for non-linear stories, with scenes out of order, unreliable narrators, and occasional time extensions. The Odyssey has all these things, and the great poem, in Nolan's hands, could be turned into a “What happened to Odysseus?” the puzzle box thriller of the straight monster slaying saga about the journey home. It is also full of rich metaphoric language ripe for creative license and reinterpretation. The film is expected to start filming next year.
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