Matt Damon's Odysseus is desperate and struggling to get home in the new trailer of Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated The Odyssey. The latest glimpse, released on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, gives first look at Robert Pattinson's Antinous pushing Tom Holland's Telemachus and Anne Hathaway's Penelope to their limits as he tries to take over the throne of Ithaca in Odysseus' absence.
"This is a household waiting for a master," Antinous says as Telemachus expresses strong hope on his father's return. "Ithaca's king is coming back," says Penelope firmly while Antinous denies it. Parallely, we see Odysseus doing all that he can to go home. He is seen recollecting incidents before he faces gaps in his memory. While he can remember that he has a wife and a son, and that he won the Trojan war, he can't seem to find his way back.
His troops also meet the dangerous cyclops Polyphemus where he grabs one of the troops and eats him to pieces.
The Odyssey, based on Homer's epic poem of the same name, chronicles Odysseus' long and ardous journey after the Trojan war to reunite with his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland).
The stacked ensemble includes Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Himesh Patel, Will Yun Lee, Mia Goth, Jimmy Gonzales, Elliot Page and Jovan Adepo, among many others.
Nolan regulars like Oscar winner Hoyte van Hoytema and Oscar Winner Ludwig Goransson are part of The Odyssey. The former is handling cinematography, while the latter is composing the music.
The Odyssey is releasing theatrically on June 17.
