First-Look at Nolan's Adaptation of The Odyssey Stirs Up Controversy

The Return Review – 'Brings raw humanity to a mythic text'

While we wait to see Homer’s Odyssey as a big-budget Christopher Nolan blockbuster, Italian producer-director Uberto Pasolini brings us the low-budget, character-piece version. Rather than trying to mount a vast, effects-packed naval adventure featuring gods and monsters, Pasolini sticks to location-based terra firma, and focuses his narrative on the grizzled protagonist’s homecoming. The Return opens with Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washing up on …

First-Look at Nolan's Adaptation of The Odyssey Stirs Up Controversy

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UC Irvine chapter. All-time director Christopher Nolan, known for Oppenheimer (2023), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), and The Dark Knight (2008), is adapting Homer’s The Odyssey, the Greek epic poem detailing the encounters of Odysseus as he voyages home to Ithaca. Stars like Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, John Bernthal, and Matt Damon are amongst the growing list of…

Nolan’s Odyssey: “A Cinematic Masterpiece Homer Would Be Proud Of”

The epic vision of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan made waves at CinemaCon on Wednesday (April 2), as Universal Pictures took audiences on a journey through the ages to promote the film. Among the bold claims made during the event: that Homer himself “would be proud.”Jim Orr, Universal’s President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution, declared that the film—still currently in production—is shaping up to be “a visionary cinematic masterpiece that…

Should Nolan Have Tackled the Trojan War Before The Odyssey?

One of the most exciting recent pieces of film industry news is that Christopher Nolan has a new film planned, and it’s set for release in 2026. The legendary director is known for his epic offerings, and his next one, the Odyssey, has the potential to be his biggest yet. Many people will be wondering, […]

Robert Pattinson joins Christopher Nolan’s £200M epic adaptation of 'The Odyssey'

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film The Odyssey is quietly shaping into one of his biggest undertakings yet. Now, word is out that Robert Pattinson is taking on the role of Hermes, the fast-footed Greek god often seen ferrying messages between gods and mortals. The update comes from the Italian magazine Chi, which reports that Pattinson will play the trickster deity known for his sharp tongue, quick mind, and ability to slip between worlds.Product…