The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan (L) and star Matt Damon 
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It's a wrap for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

The Odyssey is made with a reported budget of about $250 million, causing it to be one of the costliest Nolan directorials of all time

Sreejith Mullappilly

Christopher Nolan has completed production on his film adaptation of Homer's epic poem Odyssey. The film's supervising art director, Samantha Englender announced the news through her Instagram handle. The Odyssey stars Matt Damon in the titular role as the King of Ithaca, who takes an arduous journey back home after the Trojan War. The film, which Nolan is also producing with his wife Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner, has been shot with 70 mm IMAX cameras. It also stars Tom Holland as Odysseus's son Telemachus, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, and Jon Bernthal, among others. Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Rafi Gavron, and Shiloh Fernandez are also part of the cast.

The Odyssey supervising art director Samantha Englender's Instagram Story

Production on The Odyssey commenced this February and has taken place in locations including Italy, Morocco, Malta, Greece, Iceland, Scotland, Western Sahara, and Los Angeles. The film reunites Nolan with his Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, Oppenheimer cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema. Its technical team also includes composer Ludwig Goransson, who works with Nolan again after Tenet and Oppenheimer.

The Odyssey is made with a reported budget of about $250 million, causing it to be one of the costliest Christopher Nolan directorials of all time. The film is slated for a July 17, 2026, release in theatres worldwide through Universal Pictures.

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