Matt Damon tries to return home against all odds in 'The Odyssey'
- On Monday, Universal released the first teaser for The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus and set for theatrical release on July 17, 2026.
- Christopher Nolan framed the project as a personal reimagining earlier this year, saying he wrote and produced it with Emma Thomas to fill gaps in cinematic culture using Homer’s epic.
- A six‑minute clip was screened before IMAX 70‑millimeter showings of Sinners and One Battle After Another, and tickets for the first IMAX 70mm screenings went on sale one year before release.
- At CinemaCon, Universal executive Jim Orr called The Odyssey a visionary masterpiece, marking Christopher Nolan's first film since his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, which won seven Oscars.
- The trailer shows Matt Damon emerging from the Trojan Horse amid shipwreck imagery, the cast includes Tom Holland as Telemachus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope, and Homer's poem dates to around the 8th century B.C.E.
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The trailer for one of the most-awaited films of 2026, The Odyssey, is here. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film features an ensemble cast, including Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, and others. The Odyssey is based on an ancient Greek mythology of the aftermath of the Trojan War. The trailer offers a glimpse of the adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. But what is the Greek story all about? Let's find out. The…
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