Christopher Nolan likes to forged actors he’s beforehand labored with on his new initiatives. The development will proceed for The Odyssey, as Benny Safdie is the newest actor to affix the forged.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Safdie joins the all-star forged of The Odyssey, which incorporates Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. No character particulars have been revealed.
Safdie performed Edward Teller in Nolan’s Oscar-winning drama, Oppenheimer. Safdie lately accomplished filming his position on Completely happy Gilmore 2. Safdie’s solo directorial debut, The Smashing Machine, shall be launched later this yr by A24. The sports activities biopic stars Dwayne Johnson as former MMA fighter Mark Kerr.
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After a lot hypothesis, Common Footage introduced final month that Nolan’s subsequent film shall be an adaptation of The Odyssey, based mostly on the traditional Greek poem by Homer. To not be confused with Homer’s different poem, The Iliad, The Odyssey depicts Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his treacherous journey residence after the Trojan Battle. The epic poem is likely one of the seminal works in Greek mythology, as Odysseus encounters iconic creatures reminiscent of sirens, centaurs, and the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise. The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters in every single place on July 17, 2026.
— Common Footage (@UniversalPics) December 23, 2024
The Odyssey is slated to start filming in late February. Per Selection, Nolan plans to shoot off the coast of Sicily on the island of Favignana, generally known as “goat island,” the possible place the place Homer pictured Odysseus touchdown within the story. Sicily’s Eolian Islands are rumored to be one other location the place Nolan will movie. Nolan will make the most of new IMAX expertise all through the shoot.
The Odyssey reportedly has a price range of $250 million, the costliest film of Nolan’s profession.
The Odyssey opens in theaters in every single place on July 17, 2026.
