As casting bulletins proceed to roll in, speculation and pleasure has solely grown surrounding Christopher Nolan‘s follow-up to his essential and discipline office hit “Oppenheimer,” which gained him the Academy Award for most interesting director.

“The Odyssey” is a primary piece of literature by Homer that’s divided between 24 completely totally different books, preceded by “The Iliad.” It tells the 10-year journey story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he travels dwelling after the Trojan Battle. Alongside the best way through which, he encounters plenty of perils and discovers the lack of lifetime of his crewmates. Telemachus (Odysseus’ son), Penelope (Odysseus’ partner), Athena, Circe, Poseidon and Zeus are all major characters.

Historians and college students date “The Odyssey” to sometime between 750-650 BC. The first printed Greek mannequin turned obtainable in 1488. Inside the centuries since, it has remained one of many essential studied, tailor-made and parodied tales ever with variations along with the 1911 silent film by Giuseppe de Liguoro, 1954’s “Ulysses” with Kirk Douglas and the 2000 Coen brothers comedy “O Brother, The place Art work Thou?”

With a model new adaptation on the horizon, proper right here is each half everyone knows so far about Nolan’s deal with “The Odyssey.”

Have any images been launched from the film?

Widespread shared the first official image from the film on X, with the caption finding out: “Matt Damon is Odysseus. A film by Christopher Nolan, #TheOdysseyMovie is in theaters July 17, 2026.”

The publish confirms that Matt Damon will play the lead place of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, whereas Widespread has however to reveal who else from the massive solid will play which character.

Who’re the latest additions to the cast?

Elliot Internet web page (“Inception”), Himesh Patel (“Tenet”), Bill Irwin (“Interstellar”) and Samantha Morton (“Minority Report”) are the latest additions to “The Odyssey” solid, changing into a member of Mia Goth, John Leguizamo, Rafi Gavron and Shiloh Fernandez, amongst many others.

Goth is assumed for her present scream queen roles in “MaXXXine” and “Pearl,” along with Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria,” “Infinity Pool” and “A Remedy for Wellness.” Leguizamo has acted for plenty of a few years, incomes Emmy nods for “When They See Us” and “Waco” and likewise exhibiting in “Encanto,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “John Wick” and “The Menu.”

Gavron was in “A Star is Born” reverse Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. He acquired his breakout in Anthony Minghella’s film “Breaking and Coming into” alongside Jude Laws and Juliette Binoche. Within the meantime, Fernandez is assumed for roles in “Evil Lifeless,” “Euphoria” and “United States of Tara.”

Who else is solid inside the film and have they labored with Nolan sooner than?

Similar to the all-star solid that was assembled for “Oppenheimer” (and resulted in a most interesting ensemble win on the Show display screen Actors Guild awards), “The Odyssey” is already filled with major experience in Hollywood. Together with the most recent additions, confirmed names embody Damon, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Benny Safdie and Jon Bernthal. Nonetheless, apart from Damon, it stays unclear who will play which place, leaving it as a lot as followers to take a position in the mean time.

New additions Internet web page, Patel and Irwin have all labored with Nolan sooner than — notably, Irwin voiced TARS the robotic in “Interstellar.” Damon most simply these days appeared in “Oppenheimer” as Lt. Fundamental Leslie Groves after his under-the-radar look in “Interstellar.” Pattinson appeared in “Tenet” as Neil, alongside John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki. Going once more barely farther, Hathaway had a supporting place as an astronaut in “Interstellar” and Catwoman in “The Darkish Knight Rises,” marking merely over 10 years since her closing time working with Nolan.

For Holland, Zendaya, Nyong’o and Theron, “The Odyssey” marks their first time collaborating with Nolan. Holland and Zendaya, who’re a real-life couple, will reunite on show display screen after the Marvel “Spider-Man” motion pictures.

Has any footage from the film been revealed?

Not however, although Widespread’s distribution chief Jim Orr teased the film at CinemaCon. He instructed attendees that the film will be “a visionary, once-in-a-generation cinematic masterpiece that Homer himself would pretty probably be proud of.” He described it as “propulsive” and “trendy” with an “out of this world twist.”

A variety of actors have spoken out regarding the film, too, along with solid member Leguizamo, who talked about that Nolan has made the manufacturing actually really feel neutral. “Dude, the issue is, okay he’s acquired a crazy funds, it’s not small, nonetheless he runs [it] like an indie film on account of he’s not doing it by committee, he’s not doing it by what the studio says,” Leguizamo talked about in a present interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

How will the film be shot?

According to a social media publish from Widespread Pictures, “The Odyssey” will be “shot the world over using mannequin new IMAX film experience.” Nolan’s craft has transform synonymous with Imax as “Oppenheimer,” “Dunkirk,” “Tenet” and “Interstellar,” the latter of which was re-released to loads success for its tenth anniversary, had been all shot with Imax cameras.

The place could be the film be shot?

As Choice solely reported, the film will be partly filmed in Sicily, which is notable for being a location for Odysseus’ wanderings inside the epic. Taking footage there could also be anticipated to begin in spring 2025 on the island of Favignana, thought-about the “goat island,” which many think about to be the place the place Homer visualized Odysseus landing alongside together with his crew. As Nolan has constructed a fanbase alongside together with his maintain smart outcomes and items, it’s no shock that sources have confirmed that the film might be going using a couple of of its funds for taking footage on the Sicily islands. Totally different launched areas for the film embody the U.Okay., Morocco, Scotland and Ireland, making “The Odyssey” a world shoot.

Who else is creatively involved?

Nolan will be writing and producing the film, reuniting alongside together with his longtime producing and life affiliate Emma Thomas, who gained the Most interesting Picture Oscar for “Oppenheimer” alongside Nolan. Italy’s Wildside, a Fremantle agency, is servicing the Sicily portion of the filming.

How devoted will this adaptation be to ‘The Odyssey’?

It stays unclear how fastidiously Nolan intends on following Homer’s well-known story, although the social media publish from Widespread Pictures teases “a mythic movement epic shot the world over.”

When is the film set to launch?

The film is about to launch worldwide on July 17, 2026 in theaters after a 2025 manufacturing start date. Nolan beforehand launched “Oppenheimer,” “Dunkirk,” “Inception” and “The Darkish Knight” within the equivalent month.