{"id":482304,"date":"2026-06-04T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:34:11","slug":"elon-musk-shares-ai-generated-iliad-trailer-amid-controversy-over-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-offers-full-film-deal-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482304\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk shares AI-generated ‘Iliad’ trailer amid controversy over Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’; offers ‘full film’ deal – WATCH |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elon After his jibes at director Christopher Nolan<\/a>‘s ‘The Odyssey’, Elon Musk<\/a> has hit the headlines again, this time, for sharing an AI-generated trailer for ‘Iliad’\u2014inspired by Homer\u2019s epic tale of the Trojan War\u2014created using xAI\u2019s newly released Grok Imagine 1.5 video-generation model.Posting the video on his handle, Musk praised the technology behind the project, writing, “Iliad (Troy) trailer made by Grok Imagine 1.5, which was just released.”<\/p>\n

Elon Musk shares ‘Iliad’ trailer<\/p>\n

Created by the account Heavy Pulp, the trailer reimagines key moments from Homer\u2019s legendary story. It opens with a striking depiction of a blonde-haired and blue-eyed Helen of Troy gazing over the walls of Troy, before shifting to scenes of Achilles rallying his warriors. The trailer then moves through several iconic moments associated with the Trojan War, including Helen\u2019s arrival in Troy, large-scale battles outside the city walls, the construction of the Trojan Horse, priests honouring the gods and, ultimately, the fall of the famed city.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk offers film deal<\/p>\n

Responding to Musk\u2019s post, Heavy Pulp wrote, \u201cHad a lot of fun putting this together for you all!\u201dMusk, seemingly impressed by the results, floated a more ambitious idea, replying, \u201cWant to make a full movie?\u201d<\/p>\n

AI trailer of Iliad arrives amid \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 debate<\/p>\n

The AI-generated trailer arrives as Musk continues to weigh in on discussions surrounding Christopher Nolan\u2019s upcoming interpretation of the epic ‘The Odyssey’, which adapts another of Homer\u2019s foundational Greek works. The film stars Matt Damon<\/a> as Odysseus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope, chronicling his journey home following the Trojan War.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about modern adaptations of ancient stories?<\/p>\n

About ‘The Odyssey’ controversy<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Nolan\u2019s adaptation generated considerable online debate, with some social media users criticising elements of the film’s casting, dialogue, costume and other such creative interpretations. Much of the discussion has centred on the filmmaker’s modern approach to the ancient story, as well as its diverse ensemble cast. The criticism has largely played out online, with netizens criticising his casting choice of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra, Zendaya as Athena, Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, Himesh Patel as Eurylochus and rumours of Elliot Page as Achilles. The film’s Americanised dialogues have also irked netizens and history buffs alike.The film also features Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal in major roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After his jibes at director Christopher Nolan‘s ‘The Odyssey’, Elon Musk has hit the headlines again, this time,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[207626,50678,605,93,61,207627,60,98032,270,16180,83194,8144,15117],"class_list":["post-482304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ai-generated-trailer","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-elon-musk","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-iliad","tag-ireland","tag-matt-damon","tag-movies","tag-robert-pattinson","tag-the-odyssey","tag-tom-holland","tag-zendaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}