We're getting more details about Christopher Nolan's forthcoming movie version of Homer's 'The Odyssey.' Filled with a star-studded cast, it was revealed that Matt Damon will in fact be playing the lead role of Odysseus. Universal shared the update with a first-look photo of the actor in character in the epic.
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00:00We're getting more details about Christopher Nolan's forthcoming movie version of Homer's
00:04The Odyssey. Filled with a star-studded cast, it was revealed that Matt Damon will in fact be
00:10playing the lead role of Odysseus. Universal shared the update with a first-look photo of
00:14the actor and character in the epic. Damon is joined by an epic cast including Tom Holland,
00:19Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron and more.
00:25The subject of Nolan's next film was initially a mystery even with the cast announcements.
00:30Universal eventually revealed shortly before Christmas that the movie would be an adaptation
00:34of The Odyssey, which the studio teased as a mythic action epic shot across the world using
00:40brand new IMAX film technology. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus' perilous 10-year journey
00:46home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. As he makes his way back, he's forced to contend with
00:51interruptions from the gods and other mythical creatures. Nolan's The Odyssey is set to hit
00:56theaters on July 17, 2026. For more on this story, head to THR.com. And for the latest
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