After the success of his Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan is all set to embark on his next directorial journey. On Monday, Universal Pictures announced the title and release date of Nolan’s next feature, slated to be released on July 17, 2026. The film, titled The Odyssey will be adapted from Homer’s epic poem of the same name.
Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
— Universal Pictures (@UniversalPics) December 23, 2024
Like Oppenheimer, this film will be captured for the IMAX screens, providing an immersive experience to the audience.
The film will feature a star-studded cast, including Tom Holland, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron. Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, who worked with Nolan in the 2014 film Interstellar, and Robert Pattinson, who appeared in Tenet (2018), will also appear.
While the Inception director will create the screenplay for the film, his wife Emma Thomas will bankroll the production under the Syncopy banner, founded by the couple.
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Homer's Odyssey is one of the most celebrated pieces of literature. It follows the tale of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and his long journey back home after the ten-year-long Trojan War. During his treacherous travel, he has one aim—to get back home to his wife and son. The epic, like its precursor, The Iliad, which details the end of the Trojan War, is divided into 24 books.
This is not Nolan's first attempt at a movie adaptation of literature. The director had earlier adapted Christopher Priest's The Prestige, the story of two rival magicians. He is also known for his infamous take on the DC Comics character Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy.
