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The Odyssey (2026 film)

The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway. The ensemble cast includes Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron. Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas are producing the film through their production company, Syncopy.

The Odyssey
Film poster showing Odysseus (Matt Damon) standing in a battle position, with the Trojan Horse behind him, engulfed in ash and smoke.
Teaser poster
Directed byChristopher Nolan
Written byChristopher Nolan
Based onOdyssey by Homer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema
Edited byJennifer Lame
Music byLudwig Göransson
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 2026 (2026-07-17)
Running time
172 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250 million[2]

Nolan began writing The Odyssey in March 2024, secured the project with Universal Pictures by October, and the film was announced in December. Casting occurred from late 2024 through early 2025, and Damon was confirmed for the lead role in February 2025. Nolan chose to depict a realistic interpretation of Greek mythology, drawing particular inspiration from the 2017 translation of the Odyssey by British-American classicist Emily Wilson and the films of special effects artist Ray Harryhausen. Filming took place from February to August 2025 in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, Western Sahara, and Malta, as well as at a studio soundstage in Los Angeles. With an estimated budget of $250 million, the film is believed to be the most expensive of Nolan's career and the first to be shot entirely on IMAX's 70 mm film cameras.

The Odyssey is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by Universal Pictures on July 17, 2026, in IMAX.

Premise

The Odyssey follows Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, on his long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, sirens, and the nymph Calypso, while attempting to reunite with his wife, Penelope.[3]

Cast

Picture of actor Matt Damon in 2026
The head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group, representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus
Matt Damon (left) portrays Odysseus (right; one of the Sperlonga sculptures).

Additional cast members with undisclosed supporting roles are Elliot Page,[17] Jesse Garcia,[18] Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez,[19] Nick E. Tarabay, Maurice Compte,[20] Michael Vlamis, Iddo Goldberg,[21] Josh Stewart,[22] Ryan Hurst,[23] Anthony Molinari,[24] Jovan Adepo,[25] Sean Avery,[26] James Remar,[27] Travis Scott,[28] and Ian Casselberry.[29]

Production

Development and casting

Picture of director Christopher Nolan smiling and clapping during an "In Conversation" panel at the British Film Institute Southbank theatre in February 2024
Writer and director Christopher Nolan reunited with Universal Pictures to develop The Odyssey as his follow-up to Oppenheimer.

By November 2023, director Christopher Nolan had yet to decide what his next film would be after Oppenheimer (2023). While he was receptive to various ideas for his follow-up, the director felt he would have to "own it completely".[30] After winning several Academy Awards for Oppenheimer in March 2024, including Best Picture and Best Director,[31][32] Nolan and his wife and producing partner, Emma Thomas, felt that film's success provided them with different opportunities to explore for what the director's next film would be.[11][30] Nolan began writing the script shortly after,[31][32] but Thomas said in May they had yet to deliberate practicalities for the production.[30] Nolan was revealed in October to be developing his next film at Universal Pictures, after working with that studio on Oppenheimer. Nolan was confirmed to be writing the script and producing the film once again with Thomas through their production company, Syncopy. Matt Damon was in talks to star in the film, after collaborating with Nolan on Oppenheimer and Interstellar (2014), and filming was slated to begin in early 2025. Unlike Oppenheimer, which Universal acquired at auction, this film was set up directly at the studio and given a release date of July 17, 2026.[33][34]

The film's logline and additional details of its premise were kept largely secretive compared to Nolan's previous films, which prompted much speculation about its subject matter.[35][36] This included rumors that it would either be a vampire period piece, a reboot of the 1983 helicopter action-thriller film Blue Thunder,[37][35][36] or an adaptation of the British spy television series The Prisoner (1967–68), which Nolan was previously attached to in 2009,[31][33] but all of these were debunked.[35][36][33] Nolan later reflected that the "disadvantage of never telling people what we're doing" was the invention and circulation of rumors, though he nonetheless enjoyed them.[37] Damon was confirmed to star later in October when Tom Holland was cast.[38] Previous Nolan collaborators Anne Hathaway—who starred in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar—and Robert Pattinson, who starred in Tenet (2020), joined the cast in November,[39][35] alongside Zendaya,[39] Lupita Nyong'o,[40] and Charlize Theron.[36] Damon, Holland, Hathaway, and Pattinson were all set for lead roles in the film, with Nyong'o and Zendaya having supporting roles.[35] In December 2024, Universal announced Nolan's new film as The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem, the Odyssey. The studio described the film as a "mythic action epic" that would be filmed worldwide.[3][41] Nolan was previously attached to direct the film Troy (2004)—based on Homer's Odyssey predecessor the Iliad—that Wolfgang Petersen had developed for Warner Bros. Pictures, before Petersen chose to direct Troy instead of a planned Batman vs. Superman film, and Nolan subsequently made Batman Begins (2005).[42][43][44] Nolan believed he was "in a little over [his] head" for Troy, but felt he had become more experienced to adapt the "sweeping story" of the Odyssey after working on several large-scale productions over the following 20 years.[11][45]

"I remember seeing a school play of [the Odyssey] when I was five or six years old. The older kids were doing it. I remember the Sirens and him being strapped to the mast and things like that. I think it's in all of us, really. And when you start to break down the text and adapt it, you find that all of these other films – and all the films I've worked on – you know, they're all from the Odyssey. Emma [Thomas] said it best when we first announced the project: it's foundational."

— Christopher Nolan on how his early interest in the Odyssey influenced his prior films[9]: 50 

The Odyssey was expected to be the most expensive film of Nolan's career with a net budget of $250 million.[46][2] Nolan stated that it was the largest and most challenging production of his career due to its scale.[47] He explained that he chose to adapt the Odyssey because it had not been adapted into a large-scale production from a major Hollywood studio, calling it "an odd gap in movie history".[11] Nolan and Thomas described The Odyssey as "foundational" because it incorporates aspects of the horror, mystery, romance, and thriller genres of stories.[9]: 59 [45] Nolan studied the Odyssey and several of its translations, including those by classicists Emily Wilson, E. V. Rieu, and Robert Fagles.[11] Nolan drew inspiration from various Greek mythology–inspired films he watched growing up, particularly the works of animator and special effects artist Ray Harryhausen.[45] He wrote the script in a non-linear fashion.[48] While the script was said to be "very faithful" to Homer's text, Nolan made some alterations, such as more prominently featuring Odysseus's faithful dog Argos; more interactions between Odysseus and his son, Telemachus; humanizing the goddess and witch Circe to be unsettling yet sympathetic; and complicating the reunion between Helen of Troy and Spartan king Menelaus.[11]

To combine the Odyssey's fantastical elements with Nolan's use of "tactile realism", the director chose to take a realistic approach in depicting the evidence and actions of the gods through natural phenomena that were once considered "supernatural" during the story's time period. Nolan called this a "big breakthrough creatively".[9]: 59 [11] Nolan had considered casting actors to portray Greek gods throwing thunderbolts from Mount Olympus, but found depicting the characters' fear of the gods' actions provided a more immersive experience than outright showing the gods.[11] Production designer Ruth De Jong and costume designer Ellen Mirojnick returned to work with Nolan from Oppenheimer.[49][50][11] For depicting the armor, weapons, and ships featured in the film, Nolan said that the production thoroughly researched the "very fragmentary archeological records" of the Bronze Age and Ancient Greece during Homer's life. On the production choices, Nolan explained that the "oldest depictions of Homeric characters tend to be depicted in the manner of people living in Homer's time. So there's a pretty strong case there for portraying things that way because that's the way the first audience received the story." Nolan added that Mirojnick sought to convey through the armor worn by Agamemnon that he had an elevated status by using materials that were more expensive to obtain, such as blackened bronze, silver, and sulfur.[11]

Further casting took place throughout early 2025, with prior Nolan collaborators Benny Safdie,[51] Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin,[17] Josh Stewart,[22] Anthony Molinari,[24] and James Remar joining.[27] Additional actors cast alongside them were Jon Bernthal,[52] John Leguizamo,[53] Samantha Morton,[17] Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee,[18] Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez,[19] Mia Goth,[54] Corey Hawkins,[55] Nick E. Tarabay, Jimmy Gonzales, Maurice Compte,[20] Michael Vlamis, Iddo Goldberg,[21] Ryan Hurst,[23] Jovan Adepo,[25] and Sean Avery.[26] Cosmo Jarvis had also been cast,[56] but dropped out shortly before filming began due to a scheduling conflict and was subsequently replaced by Logan Marshall-Green.[57] Skeet Ulrich said he unsuccessfully read for a role in the film in early February alongside two other actors.[58] Universal confirmed that Damon was portraying Odysseus in the middle of February, ahead of the start of filming later that month. This came after some rumors had circulated that Holland could be playing the role;[4] Holland was later confirmed to be portraying Telemachus.[8]

Filming

Principal photography lasted for 91 days between February 25 and August 8, 2025,[45][59][60] and wrapped nine days ahead of schedule.[11] Location shooting took place across six countries: Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, and Malta.[60][11][61] Hoyte van Hoytema reunited with Nolan as cinematographer.[4] After using IMAX 70 mm film extensively since The Dark Knight (2008), The Odyssey became the first feature film shot entirely with IMAX film cameras, using a newly developed lighter and quieter version developed specifically for the production, along with existing technology.[41][62][63][64] Over 2 million feet (610 kilometres) of IMAX 70 mm film was used to shoot The Odyssey.[45] The production used the working title Charlie's Tale.[65] Nolan sought to embrace the "physicality of the real world" by filming on location to help inform the storytelling and capture "how hard those journeys would have been for people. And the leap of faith that was being made in an unmapped, uncharted world." The director felt that the shifting weather conditions amplified this practical approach due to the challenges they posed.[45]

Picture of a Moroccan city constructed from earthen clay architecture
Picture of Nestor's Cave and a thirteenth-century Frankish castle above it, viewed from the Voidokilia beach
Picture of a sunrise off the coast of the Favignana Island in Sicily, Italy
Picture of the black sand mountain Hjörleifshöfði in the distance, viewed from the foothills of the Katla volcano to the northwest
Picture of the White Dune desert in Dakhla
The Odyssey was filmed across six different countries, particularly on location at the Aït Benhaddou village in Morocco, the Voidokilia beach in Greece, the island of Favignana in Italy, the Hjörleifshöfði mountain in Iceland, the Findlater Castle in Scotland, and the White Dune near Dakhla, Western Sahara.

The first scenes were filmed in late February at the Aït Benhaddou village near Ouarzazate, Morocco,[59][9]: 56–57  to depict the city of Troy at the end of the Trojan War in an appetizer sequence before the bulk of The Odyssey,[9]: 56–57 [66] as well as in the cities of Essaouira and Marrakesh.[67][68] Van Hoytema rigged numerous portable LEDs to emulate the specific firelight color temperature for the midnight raid of Troy, allowing Nolan to film in any direction.[11] Filming took place in the Messenia unit of the Peloponnese region in Greece, from March 10 to 21, at Pylos, the Methoni Castle, the Almyrolakkos beach in Yialova, and Nestor's Cave in the Voidokilia beach for scenes featuring the Cyclops Polyphemus, as well as at an archaeological palace site in Acrocorinth, Corinth.[69][70][71] The production partnered with Faliro House Productions's NAF subsidiary for filming in Greece,[71] which lasted three weeks.[72] The production received over €6.5 million ($7.5 million) in funding from Greece's Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center S.A. (Creative Greece), as part of its approximate €140 million ($158.01 million) investment in over 200 local and international productions,[73][74] as well as a 40% cash rebate.[72][75]

By March 27, the production moved to the Aegadian Islands in Sicily, Italy, to film on the island of Favignana, believed to be the location known as the "goat island" in the poem.[76][49] Water-borne filming subsequently took place from April 15 to May 15 throughout the Aeolian Islands of Lipari, Basiluzzo, and Vulcano for scenes featuring the mythological island of Aeolia. Filming in these regions was subject to certain safeguarding restrictions from local ordinances,[77][76] with Fremantle's Italian production company Wildside servicing the shoot.[76] For the maritime sequences, the production used the largest modern Viking longship, the Draken Harald Hårfagre, which doubled as an ancient Greek warship that the actors portraying Odysseus's crew commanded,[9]: 55 [45][78] and was sailed to each of the filming locations.[11] Nolan described filming at sea as a particularly primal experience.[45] Halfway through shooting by early May, filming occurred in Los Angeles on the film's only set constructed on a studio sound stage,[9]: 55 [79] before shooting at Findlater Castle in Moray, Scotland, in early June.[80] For ten days in late June, the production partnered with Truenorth in remote regions of Iceland, including the harbour Landeyjahöfn, the Hjörleifshöfði mountain, the river Markarfljót, and the Snæfellsnes peninsula,[25][65] primarily to shoot scenes on their black sand beaches for the Greek underworld of Hades,[9]: 55 [61] before returning to Scotland for scenes at the Buckie Harbour along the Moray Firth coast and at the secluded Sunnyside Beach near Cullen, Moray.[26][78] Filming took place in the Culbin Forest from July 3 to 16, before returning to Findlater Castle through July 25,[26] with Theron filming her scenes during the last two weeks in July.[81]

Filming took place between July 17 and 22, with Damon and Zendaya, at the White Dune near Dakhla, Western Sahara,[82][66][83][84] a city under Moroccan occupation since 1975.[85][84][68] The UN-recognized Polisario Front and organizers of the Sahara International Film Festival decried the decision to film in Western Sahara as whitewashing Morocco's colonialism.[67][83] The festival's organizers called for the production to be halted, but filming in the territory had already concluded.[84][83] They subsequently released a statement calling on Nolan to obtain consent from "the legal representatives of the Sahrawi people" or otherwise remove the scenes shot in Dakhla. This statement was signed by several prominent figures, including Spanish actors Carlos and Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Carolina Yuste, and Juan Diego Botto, Spanish filmmakers Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Icíar Bollaín, and Sahrawi human rights defender Elghalia Djimi.[86][87][88] Meanwhile, the Moroccan Cinematographic Center called The Odyssey an important production to promote the Moroccan film industry and said that it was the first major American film to be filmed in that territory.[67][68]

Filming also took place in Malta for Calypso's Cave,[89][60] before concluding back in Los Angeles.[60] Some filming was also expected to occur in Ireland,[90] as well as in the United Kingdom.[76]

Post-production

DNEG and Wētā Workshop are providing the film's visual effects.[91][92] Some of Nolan's previous collaborators returning for The Odyssey are visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson and editor Jennifer Lame.[91][93]

Music

By April 2025, Ludwig Göransson was working on composing the musical score for The Odyssey, after previously working with Nolan on Tenet and Oppenheimer.[94] For the score, Nolan sought not to feature an orchestra, which is commonly associated with sword-and-sandal films. As such, Göransson experimented with various bronze gongs and recorded them with synthesizers. One suggestion Nolan had was using the sound of the lyre for when Odysseus plucks his bow.[11]

Marketing

Early promotional material and trailers

Picture of actor Matt Damon wearing a red-plumed Corinthian helmet, robed armor, and a gauntlet as Odysseus, standing in front of a wall with Greek murals.
Promotional image which revealed star Matt Damon in costume as Odysseus for the first time. Its design was noted for historical inaccuracies.[95]

Before the start of filming in February 2025, Universal Pictures released a "surprise" first-look still image of Damon in costume as Odysseus.[4] Jen Juneau at People described Damon's side-profile pose as "brooding" and "intimidating".[96] The costume—particularly its Corinthian helmet with a red plume—was labeled by various commentators and historians as historically inaccurate, both in terms of the armor Odysseus would have worn around the time the Odyssey takes place and of what is described in the Iliad.[95] /Film's Jeremy Mathai felt the image did not provide much insight into the tone or Nolan's approach to the source material, and acknowledged the costume's similarities to ancient Greek attire typically depicted in films.[97] Joe George at Den of Geek felt Nolan paid homage to the New Hollywood films from his childhood, such as The 300 Spartans (1962) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963), especially animator Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion visual effects work on the latter. George said while Nolan's "decision to veer towards old Hollywood instead of historical accuracy might surprise some", the director's previous films incorporated aspects of his influences while still making each "feel original and of the moment".[98]

In July 2025, one year before The Odyssey's release, a 70-second teaser trailer featuring Holland and Bernthal debuted ahead of screenings for Universal's Jurassic World Rebirth.[8][99] The teaser leaked online soon after,[2][99] which Greg Evans at The Independent said sent some fans "into a frenzy" due to its high anticipation.[100] Ryan Britt of Men's Journal believed this was warranted and described the teaser's "haunting nature" as promising "a myth actually brought to life". He highlighted Bernthal's "ominous" narration with a "touch of naturalism and realism", noting that Odysseus is talked about more than he is depicted.[101] Vanity Fair's Eléa Guilleminault-Bauer felt the teaser previewed The Odyssey "through suggestion and cleverly elliptical editing",[102] while Hannah Hunt at Collider highlighted the final scene featuring Odysseus, unconscious and drifting in the ocean, and its thematic implications.[103] /Film's Rick Stevenson wrote that the teaser continued Nolan's tradition of using an "often cryptic, vibes-first trailer, meant more to tease the mood of the film than to give away much in the way of plot or detail", but also found it to be "fairly substantive" compared to the similar teasers for some of Nolan's previous films.[104] Erik Kain of Forbes was concerned about the "muted" aesthetic and "drained" color grading, but compared it more favorably to Ridley Scott's film Gladiator II (2024),[105] while Esther Zuckerman at The New York Times felt the teaser was "coy about revealing too much" about the adaptation.[106]

An extended six-minute prologue, showcasing Odysseus and his men using the Trojan Horse at the end of the Trojan War, debuted on December 12, 2025, in front of IMAX 70 mm screenings of Warner Bros. Pictures's films One Battle After Another and Sinners, followed by Avatar: Fire and Ash upon its release on December 19.[107] Tim Robey at The Daily Telegraph felt the prologue was a surprise for some audiences that promised a "gritty, gruelling, and aptly awe-inspiring" adaptation, and compared the "stifling claustrophobia" of being inside the Trojan Horse to sequences of capsized ships in Nolan's film Dunkirk (2017). He said the "immediacy of this sequence as a race against time is very Nolan", yet felt it did not supercede The Dark Knight's bank heist prologue.[13] Variety's Daniel D'Addario compared the prologue to the Trojan Horse itself, describing it as a "carefully wrought" story within a story. He commended the footage for "delicately intercutting" from the chaotic warfare to the "precision of the gears gradually turning in the Trojan wall's door".[108] Some commentators highlighted the cinematography as "stunning" for depicting the scale, the use of shadows, and Göransson's "nerve-racking crescendo" score increasing.[109][110] A two-minute teaser trailer debuted ahead of standard Fire and Ash showings and was released online on December 22.[111][107] Commentators noted its scope compared to earlier marketing.[112][113][114][115] IndieWire's Kate Erbland highlighted the "inherent drama and pain" of Odysseus's journey,[112] and Empire's Ben Travis was impressed by the "wet and wild photography" but questioned the continued absence of supporting cast members Pattinson, Zendaya, Nyong'o, and Theron.[114] Edward Segarra at USA Today called the trailer montage "suspenseful" and compared Odysseus and Hathaway's Penelope to Romeo and Juliet,[111] while Vulture's Fran Hoepfner described their relationship as "one of the most Nolan-bait couples ever" by continuing the trend of a father attempting to return home to his family.[116] The trailer accumulated 121.4 million global views within 24 hours across TikTok (27%), YouTube (26%), Facebook (21%), Instagram (18%), and X (formerly Twitter) (10%), making it the eighth most-viewed trailer of 2025. This surpassed the trailer views for Universal's Wicked: For Good (113 million) and more than doubled the views for the first Oppenheimer trailer during the same time period.[117]

Universal and NBC Sports coordinated on an advertisement starring Damon to cross-promote the 2026 Winter Olympics and The Odyssey. A short promotional clip debuted during the January 2026 NFL Wild Card playoffs, followed by the full teaser and a shorter version, respectively, airing during the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl LX pregame show.[118] New footage was included in a minute-long TV spot that aired on January 25, 2026, during the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos. This featured a monologue scene with Holland, Bernthal, and rapper Travis Scott, who previously contributed the Tenet theme song "The Plan".[28] Vulture's Bethy Squires felt that Scott portraying a bard was fitting because poems such as the Odyssey were historically sung-and-rapped-through.[119] Frazier Tharpe at GQ questioned whether Scott had a prominent role or a "glorified cameo", and called his appearance a "craftily placed" surprise for viewers, especially considering the high viewership of the game during a major North American winter storm.[120] Nolan presented new footage at Universal's CinemaCon panel in April 2026,[12] and debuted a new trailer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the next month.[48] James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter called it the "most footage-filled trailer yet".[121] IMAX will release an IMAX camera–themed popcorn bucket in movie theaters to coincide with the film's release.[122]

Responses to historical inaccuracies

Picture of actor Tom Holland looking towards the camera
A headshot of actress Anne Hathaway as she poses for the camera
Picture of actor Robert Pattinson staring at the camera; the background is completely blue
Picture of actress Lupita Nyong'o at the 2024 CinemaCon
Picture of actress Zendaya attending the Paris Fashion Week 2025 Spring
Picture of actress Charlize Theron at the Global Education and Skills Forum 2018 in Dubai
The Odyssey features a supporting ensemble cast including Tom Holland as Telemachus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, Zendaya as Athena, and Charlize Theron as Calypso.

Some Greek publications, historians, and online commenters were critical of historical inaccuracies in the armor and ship designs featured in the trailers,[61][123][124] as well as the casting of non-Greek actors.[125][74][126] Some commentators labeled these changes "unrealistic" for the period depicted and a misrepresentation of ancient Greek history that could "break the immersion" and "detract from important aspects of the story".[124][127] In particular, the armor design for Agamemnon in the teaser trailer was compared to the Batsuit from Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy films (2005–2012).[11][123][127] Caleb Howells at the Greek Reporter acknowledged that while the armor designs were reminiscent of the Archaic Greece designs described in the Odyssey, they were still inconsistent with some specific details.[123] Military historian Bret Devereaux surmised that iron armour did not exist in Greece during the late Bronze Age in 1184 BCE,[124] the commonly believed setting of the Odyssey.[123] He explained that the Homeric characters were "depicted in anachronistic armour since antiquity", adding that they were subsequently portrayed as contemporary warriors by the late Archaic or Classical Greece periods. He further declared the armor as "vaguely Greek-looking but not based on anything. Odysseus's armour is evocative of classical armour. Nothing is quite on target."[124] The structural design and darker colors of the galleys were likewise noted for more closely resembling Viking longships rather than the Ancient Greek ships used during the Trojan War, such as the biremes or the penteconters.[123][124][127] Conversely, classical historian Tom Holland opined, "These are myths. There is no accurate version of Odysseus's life because he didn't exist. I honestly think an impressionist take on ancient history is much, much better than a painstaking attempt to get every historical detail right, because it's impossible." He compared the designs favorably to the "more authentic" Spartan armor in the film 300 (2006), rather than those featured in Troy.[124] Collider's Julio Bardini felt the costume criticisms were not fair, arguing that Nolan was allowed some creative liberties with his adaptation.[128]

The casting of Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy—dubbed the most beautiful woman in the world—received particular backlash from conservative commentators, such as Matt Walsh and Elon Musk, as an example of blackwashing.[129][130][131][74] Several commentators called out these responses as racist,[132][130][131][126] and compared this backlash to similar controversial responses and scrutiny to the castings in the live-action Disney film The Little Mermaid (2023) and the docudrama Queen Cleopatra (2023).[132][130][74] Teresia Gray at The Mary Sue felt this was "embarrassing" but "not completely surprising in this day and age".[131] Conversely, Tasos Kokkinidis at the Greek Reporter declared that "Nolan's casting ignores the Hellenistic roots of these historical and mythological figures".[74] Salon's CK Smith opined that the depiction of Helen was up to reinterpretation as a "symbolic character whose meaning has shifted across cultures and eras", arguing that the backlash over perceived accuracy was "selective" and focused on social issues regarding representation and identity more than authenticity to the source material and mythology.[130] Meanwhile, Nolan defended Nyong'o's casting, stating that he believed the actress conveyed the "strength and the poise" that he found essential for the role. Nyong'o rejected the notion of focusing on the character as "the face that launched 1,000 ships"; instead, she opted to emphasize who Helen was beyond her appearance, stating, "You can't perform beauty". She added that the cast was "representative of the world" while "occupying the epic narrative of our time".[129] Writing for The Guardian, Greek film critic Chris Cotonou called this an "honourable intention", but argued that it made the absence of Greek representation "even more glaring".[126]

The trailers were criticized for several cast members, including British actors Holland and Pattinson, using American accents and contemporary American English dialogue.[121][105][133] Hibberd called this decision a "striking departure from the unwritten Hollywood rule of characters in historical epics employing British accents".[121] Hibberd and Nell Geraets at The Sydney Morning Herald compared this to the British and American accents used in earlier historical epics The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), Spartacus (1960), and Gladiator (2000), as well as in the historical television series Rome (2005–2007) and the fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). They contended that using regional ancient Greek dialects, such as Homeric Greek, Attic Greek, and Hellenistic Koine, would not make the film accessible for contemporary audiences,[121][133] contrasting an American accent.[134] This change was perceived as anachronistic for an adaptation of ancient Greek literature,[121][105] with Geraets noting that neither British or American accents were linguistically authentic to the ancient Greek setting,[133] while Hibberd said using American accents "risks sounding a bit silly at times", comparing it to being "more Ithaca, New York, than Ithaca, Greece". He added that the modern British accent is "traditionally considered universally pleasing and 'just foreign enough' to convey a timeless quality", despite its existence being limited to approximately 250 years.[121] Erik Kain of Forbes disliked the use of American accents for Greek characters, stating he would have preferred the film followed the conventions and use British accents or the regional Greek dialects.[105] Meanwhile, IGN's Scott Collura noted that British-American classicist Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey similarly translated the text into Plain English, quoting her rationale "Translation always, necessarily, involves interpretation".[14] The accents and everyday language dialogue were mocked by some online commenters and compared to the Boston accent.[121][133][14] Nolan acknowledged concerns about the film's historical accuracy, comparing his approach to that of Interstellar as an exploration of "what is the best speculation and how can I use that to create a world?"[11]

Release

The Odyssey is scheduled to be theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on July 17, 2026, in IMAX,[41] IMAX 70 mm film formats,[46] and premium large formats (PLFs).[135]

Box-office projections

Tickets for select opening weekend IMAX 70 mm screenings were made available on July 17, 2025, one year before the film's release, which was considered an unprecedented move by a major film distributor.[46] Several of these showings sold out within the first 12 hours of their availability, including half of the 22 theaters available in the United States, earning approximately $1.5 million.[46][135] The Odyssey was ranked as the most anticipated film of 2026 by IMDb.[136] Variety predicted that The Odyssey would become the highest-grossing film of the year, in part based on the early ticket pre-sales,[137] while TheWrap predicted that it could surpass The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises to become Nolan's highest-grossing film.[138] Brent Lang at Variety stated that exhibitors expected The Odyssey to be "one of the biggest hits of the summer".[139][140] He predicted that it would need to attract a wide audience due to its restrictive R-rating and approximate $250 million budget, which would make it one of the most-expensive R-rated films, ahead of Joker: Folie à Deux and Deadpool & Wolverine (both 2024).[140] Tickets for the remainder of IMAX, IMAX 70 mm, and premium large format (PLF) screenings went on sale on June 4, 2026, with several ticketing websites, such as Fandango and AMC Theatres, experiencing delayed queues with initial wait times lasting up to an hour due to the high influx of users attempting to purchase tickets. This was comparable to that of the 2023 concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.[139][141][142][122] Emily St. Martin at the Los Angeles Times described attempts to purchase tickets as "an epic journey of its own".[143]

See also

References

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