It received’t must be an Odyssean trek to the theaters for Christopher Nolan followers to snag IMAX tickets to his subsequent movie, “The Odyssey.” Two years after Nolan’s Finest Image winner “Oppenheimer” left audiences scrambling for IMAX seats in theaters, tickets for “The Odyssey” will go on sale on July 17, 2025, precisely one 12 months earlier than the movie is launched. (“The Odyssey” can be launched on July 17, 2026, because of Common.)
Advance tickets will solely be obtainable at film theaters with 70mm IMAX screens and just for choose showtimes. As all of us keep in mind, “Oppenheimer” in 70mm IMAX was a rarity in sure areas with followers touring throughout state strains to go to a screening. And that dedication panned out: “Oppenheimer” earned $975 million on the international field workplace in 2023, with 20 % of the grosses as a result of IMAX tickets.
Remember, although, {that a} trailer for “The Odyssey” hasn’t even been launched but from Common… regardless of these on-line leaks of the teaser enjoying earlier than “Superman” and “Jurassic World: Rebirth” in theaters. Eagle-eyed followers suspect the trailer can be publicly shared on July 17 to coincide with the IMAX tickets occurring sale.
“The Odyssey” would be the first film ever shot fully with IMAX cameras. Tom Holland leads the movie as Telemachus, who goes trying to find his misplaced father: Odysseus himself, performed by Matt Damon. Damon’s “Oppenheimer” co-star Benny Safdie additionally seems, together with Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Elliot Web page, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, and John Leguizamo.
The characteristic is a reimagining of the enduring Greek epic about hero Odysseus who spends a decade making an attempt to return house after preventing within the Trojan Conflict. Homer’s “Odyssey” is believed to have been compiled across the eighth century B.C.E.
“The Odyssey” was introduced in December 2024 as Nolan’s thirteenth characteristic. “Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX movie know-how,” Common shared in a put up on X saying the movie in December. “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 year-in-advance tickets development isn’t simply restricted to IMAX: Angel Studios’ George Washington biopic “Younger Washington,” which can be launched July 4, 2026, hasn’t even began filming but and followers can nonetheless buy tickets for opening day. “Home of David” creator and “Jesus Revolution” director Jon Erwin is helming the faith-based movie, which is about to debut on America’s 250th birthday.