On President’s Day, cinephiles bought their first have a look at what simply is likely to be probably the most anticipated film of 2026: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Common took to its official social media accounts to launch the primary photograph from the movie, which exhibits Matt Damon in costume as Odysseus, the legendary Greek hero who spends a decade attempting to return dwelling after combating within the Trojan Battle.
Damon was one of many first forged members introduced for Nolan’s movie, and was quickly joined by Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Benny Safdie, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo, and Elliot Web page. Not one of the casting bulletins have been accompanied by information about who’s taking part in which character from Homer’s epic poem — although that didn’t cease followers from speculating that Holland may very well be taking part in Odysseus’ son Telemachus — so Common’s put up marks the primary official affirmation that Damon is taking part in the titular position.
Introduced in December 2024, Nolan’s tackle “The Odyssey” can be his thirteenth function movie. The field workplace success and Oscar dominance of “Oppenheimer” ensured that Nolan’s follow-up can be among the many most coveted initiatives in Hollywood for actors and studios alike. Regardless of rumors of outreach from his former dwelling Warner Bros., the place he had labored for many years previous to “Oppenheimer,” Nolan opted to return to Common for “The Odyssey.”
“Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic motion epic shot the world over utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise,” the studio wrote in a put up on X asserting the movie in December. “The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters in every single place on July 17, 2026.”
Nolan is unsurprisingly anticipated to shoot the movie in IMAX codecs, with manufacturing happening in 2026 in Sicily, England, and Morocco. Most of the Sicilian islands are believed to be the areas Homer was referencing in his unique textual content, as international borders have been considerably redrawn within the final three thousand years. It seems that Nolan is devoting the intensive Hollywood sources at his disposal to capturing the foundational textual content with an eye fixed for each its epic scale and interval element.
A Common launch, “The Odyssey” opens in theaters on July 17, 2026.