CinemaCon Captivated: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Promises Cinematic History

“We know this film will be a once-in-a-generation cinematic masterpiece that Homer himself would be very proud of,” Jim Orr, Universal Pictures’ president of domestic theatrical distribution, said from the stage of the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Wednesday at this year’s CinemaCon.

Orr was talking about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, which is currently filming in southern Europe, including on goat island.

Christopher Nolan’s Epic Adaptation of “The Odyssey” Still Feels Like an Indie Film to This Cast Member

Universal revealed the first look at Matt Damon playing the long-suffering hero Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic back in mid-February. The Twitter post showed Damon in a side-angle shot as the Ithacan hero wearing the helmet and military armor of the warrior he was when he plotted and fought victoriously in the Trojan War, before his decade-long, much waylaid journey back home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus on the Greek island of Ithaca.

First Image From Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Reveals Matt Damon as Odysseus

Matt Damon had a meaty role in Christopher Nolan‘s Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, playing Leslie Groves, the United States Army Corp of Engineers officer who directed the Manhattan Project, cherry-picking Robert J. Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) despite the government’s concerns about his loyalties. As great as Damon was, it was Murphy’s movie—he had the title role, after all—but now it seems it’s Damon’s turn. A new image released on X reveals that in Nolan’s latest,

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” to Deploy New IMAX Technology & Film a Portion on Sicily’s “Goat Island”

Christopher Nolan is following his critical and commercial smash Oppenheimer with a look at another historical figure, and one who’s even more mythic than the man once dubbed the American Prometheus. Nolan’s adapting Homer’s The Odyssey for Universal Pictures, and he’s doing so with another of his stellar casts, his ace producing partner (and wife) Emma Thomas, and the use of new IMAX film technology. Also goats.

Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus’s long-delayed journey home will be partly shot on the Sicilian island Favignana, 

Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Revealed as Adaptation of “The Odyssey”

The wait to find out what Christopher Nolan’s next film would be about is over. Universal revealed that Nolan’s next film is an adaptation of Homer’s deathless epic poem The Odyssey, which tracks the trials and tribulations of Odysseus as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War, only to have his way blocked by impetuous gods and goddesses.

“Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” said the studio.