*Christopher Nolan has released the first trailer for his highly anticipated new film, “The Odyssey,” a mythic action epic filmed around the world using cutting-edge IMAX technology. The movie, which adapts Homer’s legendary tale for the first time on IMAX film, will hit theaters on July 17, 2026.
The film features a star-studded ensemble including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong’o, with supporting roles from Zendaya and Charlize Theron. Nolan directed and produced the film along with Emma Thomas under their company, Syncopy, with Thomas Hayslip serving as executive producer.
Having explored genres ranging from sci-fi to historical drama, Nolan said “The Odyssey” offered him the chance to tackle a story with “a bit of everything in it.”
In an interview with Empire magazine, he explained, “I mean, it truly contains all stories. As a filmmaker, you’re looking for gaps in cinematic culture, things that haven’t been done before. And what I saw is that all of this great mythological cinematic work that I had grown up with — Ray Harryhausen movies and other things — I’d never seen that done with the sort of weight and credibility that an A-budget and a big Hollywood, IMAX production could do.”
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Nolan shared that much of the film was shot at sea over four months, emphasizing practical effects to bring the tale to life. “It’s vast and terrifying and wonderful and benevolent, as the conditions shift. We really wanted to capture how hard those journeys would have been for people. And the leap of faith that was being made in an unmapped, uncharted world,” he said.
He added, “By embracing the physicality of the real world in the making of the film, you do inform the telling of the story in interesting ways…because you’re confronted on a daily basis by the world pushing back at you.”
“The Odyssey” promises a cinematic experience that blends myth and action in a filmmaking spectacle.
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