Oppenheimer was one of many greatest motion pictures of 2023 and picked up quite a few Oscars and different awards earlier this 12 months, however now Christopher Nolan’s subsequent film is the brand new scorching matter in relation to the filmmaker. Though the previous few months have introduced the information of actors like Matt Damon, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson coming aboard, no precise plot particulars had been revealed; even Tom Holland was clueless concerning the premise. However that modifications in the present day, as we lastly know what Nolan’s Oppenheimer follow-up can be, and I’m excited that this can be a cinematic story worthy of the epic solid that’s been assembled.
Common Footage introduced in the present day that Nolan is adapting Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey for the large display, offering the next assertion about what’s coming in roughly a 12 months and a half:
Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic motion epic shot the world over utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise. The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters in all places on July 17, 2026.
I do know the time period ‘epic’ is thrown round rather a lot in relation to grand-scale motion pictures, however that is positively one thing that warrants the time period. The Odyssey follows Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, who, after combating within the Trojan Battle for 10 years, embarks on a fraught and threatening journey dwelling that additionally lasts a decade. Alongside The Iliad, which can also be attributed to Homer, The Odyssey one of many oldest works of literature in historical past and has been tailored numerous occasions in movie and TV. Nonetheless, I believe that it’s secure to say that what Christopher Nolan is cooking up will find yourself being one of the crucial well-known variations of the traditional story so far, if not resting comfortably on the high of the listing.
So naturally with a film equivalent to this, you want an superior and worthy solid, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is thus far succeeding with that metric. Along with the aforementioned actors, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron will even seem, and you’ll positive much more names can be revealed within the coming 12 months. Filming is anticipated in early 2025, and it is going to be Nolan’s second film with Common Footage, as he took Oppenheimer to that studio following his dispute with Warner Bros. Footage.
As soon as once more, The Odyssey opens in theaters on July 17, 2026, and whereas it’s the one film set for that date thus far, that July will even see the discharge of Shrek 5, the live-action Moana remake and Tom Holland’s fourth Spider-Man film. Whereas we look ahead to extra updates about The Odyssey, possibly you’ll be a part of me in streaming O Brother, The place Artwork Thou? with a Hulu subscription, because the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film was loosely based mostly on the epic poem.