Christopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’

Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a real epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It’ll open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Common Footage stated Monday.

Particulars stay scarce, however the studio teased that it will likely be a “mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX expertise.” It’ll even be the primary time that an adaptation of Homer’s saga will play on IMAX movie screens.

Nolan has been an IMAX fanatic for years, going again to “The Darkish Knight,” and has made his final three movies completely utilizing massive format movie and the best decision movie cameras. For “Oppenheimer,” the primary black-and-white IMAX movie inventory was developed. Nolan hasn’t stated particularly what the brand new expertise for “The Odyssey” will likely be, however earlier this month he advised The Related Press that they’re in an intensive testing section with IMAX to arrange for the brand new manufacturing.

“They’ve an unimaginable engineering workers, actually good minds doing extraordinary work,” Nolan stated. “It’s great to see innovation within the celluloid movie enviornment nonetheless taking place and taking place on the highest stage potential.”

“The Odyssey” will likely be Nolan’s second collaboration with Common Footage following “Oppenheimer,” which earned almost $1 billion on the field workplace and gained the filmmaker his first Oscars, together with for greatest director and greatest image. Rumors about his subsequent undertaking have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. Whereas there are lots of stories about actors becoming a member of the ensemble, none has been formally confirmed by the studio.