Tom Holland, take observe: Christopher Nolan‘s new movie for Common is The Odyssey, an adaptation of the epic poem composed by Homer across the eighth century BCE, the studio has revealed.
“Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie The Odyssey is a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX movie know-how,” the studio introduced on Monday 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 all over the place on July 17, 2026.”
The traditional Greek poem is without doubt one of the foundational texts of Western literature. It tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey dwelling after the Trojan Battle, exploring themes of heroism, loyalty, crafty, and the battle in opposition to divine will. The story consists of iconic episodes like his encounters with the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, culminating in his reunion along with his spouse, Penelope.
Whereas this might be a notable adaptation of the textual content, the poem has beforehand served as supply materials for, amongst many different works, the 1954 Italian movie Ulysses, directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas, in addition to the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Armand Assante. Presently, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche could be seen taking part in Odysseus and Penelope in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, which Bleecker Avenue launched earlier this month following the movie’s TIFF unveiling. Additionally drawing inspiration from the poem had been James Joyce’s Ulysses, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, Ulysses’ Gaze from Theo Angelopoulos, Chilly Mountain (each novel and movie), The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, The place Artwork Thou? and Star Trek: Odyssey.
As beforehand introduced, Nolan’s newest will star Matt Damon, Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron. The story settled on by the filmmaker is much afield from the rumors of the subject material he’d be exploring going ahead, involving all the things from vampires to helicopter pilots.
The Odyssey is predicted to begin capturing early subsequent yr. Marking Nolan’s second movie for Common, on the heels of his Finest Image winner Oppenheimer, its 2026 date falls according to the window typically reserved by that filmmaker, as was the case along with his historic drama starring Cillian Murphy.
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