OMSI's 'The Odyssey' screenings extended by 2 weeks 'due to high demand'
- On opening weekend, Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' grossed $263.7 million globally, and OMSI announced Saturday it is extending Portland screenings due to 'high demand for tickets.'
- Universal Pictures' film features Matt Damon as Odysseus, Zendaya as Athena, and Anne Hathaway as Penelope, with supporting roles by Robert Pattinson, Elliot Page, Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, and Lupita Nyong.
- Norton communications head Louise Brockett confirmed that domestic sales of Wilson's translation surpassed 1,000,000 copies in 2026, marking the first woman to publish an English translation of the nearly 2,700-year-old story.
- Wilson, a MacArthur 'genius' fellow, noted the 'exciting' surge of interest among young people, especially young women, in ancient literature as her work engages modern audiences with the timeless narrative.
- Wilson will release 'Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature' this fall, a collection of essays detailing her translation process and efforts to bridge ancient texts with modern readers.
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American professor of classical languages Emily Wilson is, to her own surprise, benefiting optimally from all the attention surrounding Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey film. Thanks to the film's success, her English translation of the ancient Greek text is suddenly reaching an audience of millions. 'I thought: I'll be lucky if I sell a thousand books.'
Nolan's epic earned $214 million in his debut, which represents one of the greatest successes in the filmmaker's career.
The previous analyses were warning of its imminent success, although even the forecasts have fallen short: The Odyssey is the blockbuster of the summer. With permission from the nearby premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Homeric adaptation, broke into the international box office with overwhelming numbers and currently, in a few days on the billboard, has already managed to leave behind its budget item with a collection of 342 million dol…
A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.
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