Universal Pictures brought Christmas forward by sharing the first official trailer for the long-awaited film project, the mythological action epic, The Odisseyfrom the screenwriter and director Christopher Nolan.
The Odyssey adapts Homer's epic poem, with Matt Damon taking the lead as Odysseus, who in the trailer is visibly distressed in his and his men's struggle to return home and fulfill the promise made to his wife.
Take a look at the end of the note.
Based on the ancient epic poem by Homer, The story revolves around Odysseus, king of Ithaca, on his perilous journey home after the Trojan Warexploring themes of heroism, loyalty, cunning, and fighting against divine will.
During his journey, the protagonist faces the cyclops Polyphemus, the mermaids, the nymph Calypso and the witch goddess Circe in the treacherous oceans that separate him from his native island and his wife Penelope, who breaks up a wedding procession that she weaves every night in case one of the suitors who have taken over her home ends up marrying her if her husband does not return. His memory is also guarded by his son Telemachus. The story also includes gods such as Athena, Poseidon, and Zeus.
In addition to Damon, the main star cast includes Tom Holland like his son Telemachus, Anne Hathaway like Penelope, wife of Odysseus, Robert Pattinson (Die My Love) like Antinous, Lupita Nyong'o (A Quiet Place: Day One), Zendaya (Euphoria), y Charlize Theron (The Old Guard 2).
They accompany them Mia Goth like Melanto, Himesh Patel (Tenet) like Eurylochus, Jon Bernthal (The Bear), John Leguizamo (The Green Veil), Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer), Elliot Page (Inception), Bill Irwin (The Dropout), Samantha Morton (The Serpent Queen), Jesse Garcia (Flamin’ Hot), Will Yun Lee (The Good Doctor), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus, Upgrade), y Corey Hawkins (The Piano Lesson).
For Damon and Hathaway it is a new collaboration with Nolan. Both were part of Interstellarwith Hathaway also participating in The Dark Knight Rises. It's also a new collaboration with Patel, who was part of the cast of Tenet.
Filming took place in Morocco and Sicily, specifically on Favignana Island, a place where according to scholars, it served for Odysseus's wanderings in Homer's epic. It is believed to be the place where Homer imagined that Odysseus would disembark with his various tribulations to roast goats and stock up on food. The island, also known as “the island of the goats” is part of the Egadi Islands archipelago, off the northwest coast of Sicily.
The production used new technology IMAX and equipment never before used, and it has already made history by becoming the first narrative feature film filmed entirely with IMAX cameras. What does it mean? While filming was previously limited to filming action scenes in IMAX mainly, due to how noisy the format's cameras are for filming dialogues close to the actor, Nolan and company created a new casing for the IMAX moviecall blimpto significantly reduce noise.
The feature film is produced by Nolan along with his associate and wife, Emma Thomasfor their production company, Syncopy. Thomas Hayslip is executive producer.
The film reaches cinemas on July 16, 2026 worldwide. It will include IMAX theaters.
Official trailer:
Source: https://cine3.com/epico-trailer-la-odisea-the-odyssey-christopher-nolan/
