Following his Oscar-winning characteristic movie Oppenheimer (2024) which swept the Finest Image, Finest Director, Finest Lead Actor, Finest Rating and extra classes on the 96th annual Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan‘s subsequent challenge is taking form.
Learn on for the whole lot we all know concerning the inspiration, story, solid and extra
When does Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey come out?
The movie is at present set for a launch in Imax July 17, 2026.
What’s Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie about?
Simply earlier than Christmas, it was revealed that Nolan’s newest challenge could be epic in a couple of sense of the phrase as it’s going to adapt Homer’s epic poem composed across the 8th century BCE. Common revealed the information.
“Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie The Odyssey is a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise,” the studio introduced on Dec. 23, 2024 in a message posted to X. “The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters in all places on July 17, 2026.”
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As one of many foundational poetic texts of Western literature, the story follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca on his harmful journey residence after the Trojan struggle. The traditional Greek epic illustrates a real hero’s journey because the titular determine faces Polyphemus the Cyclops, Sirens, the nymph Calypso and the witch goddess Circe within the treacherous oceans that separate him from his island residence and spouse Penelope, who unravels a marriage prepare that she weaves evey night time within the occasion that one of many suitors who’ve taken over her residence finally ends up marrying her ought to her husband not return.
Who’s within the solid of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
Matt Damon was one of many first stars on the stacked roster of expertise to be introduced as in talks for a task in Nolan’s subsequent challenge. Deadline solely reported the information in October 2024 together with the anticipated launch date and studio behind the movie — Common. Subsequent got here Tom Holland’s attachment afterward in October. The Spider-Man actor will co-star. Early on in November, Deadline broke the information that Holland’s companion and up to date fiancée Zendaya in addition to one in all Nolan’s earlier collaborators Anne Hathaway will even costar. Lupita Nyong’o’s casting happened days later. Afterward in November got here the information that Robert Pattinson was in talks to board the challenge. Benny Safdie and Charlize Theron had been the most recent additions as of the top of November 2024. Jon Bernthal’s casting was solely reported by Deadline in January 2025. Casting additions made to the epic movie on the finish of January 2025 included Himesh Patel, Elliott Web page, Invoice Irwin and Samantha Morton rounding out the solid. Jesse Garcia and Will Yun Lee’s casting was solely reported by Deadline Feb. 10.
Hathaway, Damon, Safdie, Patel, Web page and Irwin have labored with Nolan earlier than.
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