In the trailer we see glimpses of some of the battle scenes, treacherous sea voyages and flashbacks to the war – the events of which were originally depicted in the Iliad, the book before the Odyssey.
“Help me go home,” viewers hear Odysseus plead, after having first found the King of Ithaca washed up on a far away sea shore.
Penelope is later seen declaring that “Ithaca’s king is coming back”, but her main suitor Antinous refuses to believe it.
“My dad is coming home,” insists a hopeful Telemachus, with his father’s house having seemingly fallen into disrepute, chaos and ruin during his 20-year absence.
Holland’s partner in real life, Zendaya, plays the goddess Athena in the mythological movie, which also features Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, Mia Goth as Melantho and Jimmy Gonzales as Cepheus.
The cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o and Will Yun Lee.
The big question is, will Odysseus make it back before it’s too late? He seems to think so.
“No-one can stand between me and home,” he states in the trailer. “Not even the Gods.”