Christopher Nolan’s next film, following the success of Oppenheimer, will be an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, it has been announced.
Universal Pictures, the studio backing the project, revealed on social media this week that Nolan’s upcoming film, titled The Odyssey, will be “a mythic action epic shot across the world.”
The studio further shared that it will bring Homer’s classic tale to life using cutting-edge Imax film technology and plans to release the film in July 2026.
The news of Nolan’s new project surfaced in October when it was disclosed that Spider-Man star Tom Holland was in talks to appear alongside Matt Damon.
Nolan has decided to continue his collaboration with Oppenheimer producers at Universal after parting ways with Warner Bros. when the studio paused exclusive theatrical releases during the Covid pandemic.
It was later revealed that Anne Hathaway and Zendaya would also be joining the cast. Hathaway, while making the announcement, expressed her gratitude to Nolan for casting her in Interstellar, after enduring a period where her public image had become “toxic” online.
She shared that Nolan, unaffected by the controversy, gave her one of her most cherished roles in one of her most celebrated films.
Nolan has long been a fan of the Imax format, using it in several of his previous films, including The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, and Dunkirk.
The Odyssey, believed to have been composed in the 8th or 7th century BC and attributed to Homer, has been adapted for the screen only a few times.
One of the most famous adaptations is the 1954 Italian film Ulysses, starring Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano. Other notable adaptations include The Return, a film that reinterprets the final section of The Odyssey, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
The 1995 film Ulysses’ Gaze, directed by Theo Angelopoulos and starring Harvey Keitel, draws on Homeric motifs in its narrative about a filmmaker’s return to his Greek homeland.
Additionally, the Coen brothers’ 2000 comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a loose adaptation of Homer’s epic.
