{"id":412483,"date":"2026-02-07T06:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/412483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:32:09","slug":"jonathan-nolan-heaps-praise-on-christoper-nolans-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/412483\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Nolan Heaps Praise on Christoper Nolan&#8217;s &#8216;The Odyssey&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jonathan-nolan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jonathan-nolan_1\" data-tag=\"jonathan-nolan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Nolan<\/a> has seen a completed cut of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-odyssey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-odyssey_1\" data-tag=\"the-odyssey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Odyssey<\/a> and has some strong praise for his brother\u2019s latest effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Fallout executive producer \u2014 who has frequently collaborated with his brother Christopher on past projects (such as The Prestige and his Batman trilogy) \u2014 says the classical epic is a spectacular experience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not working on The Odyssey,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/interviews\/jonathan-nolan-gives-honest-review-the-odyssey-christopher-nolan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaBlend<\/a>. \u201cI have seen The Odyssey. It\u2019s tremendous. It\u2019s an incredible achievement. \u2026 I was fascinated by The Iliad and The Odyssey when I was younger, and I had some fun conversations with Chris about where he\u2019s taking it. It\u2019s a spectacular film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPressed on whether he\u2019s seen the full film, the younger Nolan replied, \u201cI\u2019m not sure I\u2019m supposed to say that but, yes, it\u2019s tremendous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLast fall, actor Tom Holland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250902-nolan-s-odyssey-script-is-best-i-ve-ever-read-says-tom-holland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> The Odyssey had \u201cthe best script I\u2019ve ever read.\u201d Holland plays Telemachus, son of star Matt Damon\u2019s Odysseus in the film. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEarlier this week, The Odyssey <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/elon-musk-mad-the-odyssey-helen-troy-black-1236704956\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made headlines<\/a> in an unfortunate way after Elon Musk opined that Nolan has \u201clost his integrity\u201d over speculation that actress\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u00a0would play Helen of Troy. Musk was replying to a user who argued that Helen in the Greek epic poem is \u201cfair-skinned, blonde and \u2018the face that launched a thousand ships\u2019 because she was so beautiful that men started a war over her.\u201d The person also called the unconfirmed casting \u201can insult to the author.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Odyssey, of course, was written by Homer, who has been dead for 2,700 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Odyssey will set sail on July 17 from Universal Pictures. 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