{"id":330661,"date":"2025-12-23T00:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/330661\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T00:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:08:18","slug":"the-odyssey-trailer-christopher-nolans-epic-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/330661\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Odyssey’ Trailer: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing we love more than a sub-sub-subgenre, and Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s much-anticipated next film<\/a>, \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d<\/a> is already putting a major stake (or a big-ass sword?) in its particular designation: it\u2019s \u201ca mythic action epic,\u201d and now that we\u2019ve finally got a look at its first trailer, it\u2019s hard to argue with that.<\/p>\n

Based on Homer\u2019s \u201cfoundational saga\u201d (as in, you read it in school and probably didn\u2019t quite jibe with it, but all that is about to very much change), Nolan\u2019s latest was shot entirely using IMAX cameras, and its incredible scope is already on display, even in just a two-minute look. This first look leans on the inherent drama and pain of the titular odyssey, including a few chilling deaths and a closer look at the leadership on display by our primary hero.<\/p>\n

\"Bitter<\/a> \"Park<\/a> <\/p>\n

The film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the mythical Greek hero who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. The cast also features Tom Holland as Odysseus\u2019 son Telemachus, Anne Hathaway as his wife Penelope, and Mia Goth as Melantho. The film also stars Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Benny Safdie, Charlize Theron, Jovan Adepo, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo, and Elliot Page in currently undisclosed roles (though Jennifer Lawrence joked to us that Pattinson is playing one of the sirens).<\/p>\n

The feature is billed as a reimagining of the iconic Greek epic about hero Odysseus who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. Homer\u2019s \u201cOdyssey\u201d is believed to have been compiled around the 8th century B.C.E.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year<\/a>, Nolan told\u00a0Empire magazine<\/a> about the many elements that fuel the film. \u201cAs a filmmaker, you\u2019re looking for gaps in cinematic culture, things that haven\u2019t been done before. And what I saw is that all of this great mythological cinematic work that I had grown up with \u2014 Ray Harryhausen movies and other things \u2014\u00a0I\u2019d never seen that done<\/a>\u00a0with the sort of weight and credibility that an A-budget and a big Hollywood, IMAX production could do.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, yes, you can already buy tickets for it right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Universal will release \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026. Watch the new trailer below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s nothing we love more than a sub-sub-subgenre, and Christopher Nolan\u2018s much-anticipated next film, \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d is already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2826,96,2332,59,22546,7021,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-330661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-christopher-nolan","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-film","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-the-odyssey","13":"tag-trailers","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}