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Cillian Murphy has no regrets about being excluded from the star cast in The Odyssey as the actor talks about how he's "relieved" that he isn't a part of the film, although he knows that it's going to be a good project.
Speaking to Variety during the Torornto International Film Festival, Murphy says,
"I have ROMO: 'Relief of missing out.' No, I can't wait to see it. If any director in the world could tackle 'The Odyssey,' it's going to be Christopher Nolan."
Murphy and Nolan have been longtime collaborators, having worked on six out of the thirteen films the director has made in his career. Their last collaboration with Oppenheimer was a massive success, earning both of them Academy Awards and a career high. The Odyssey is Nolan's first film after that, and looking at the large scale sets, star studded cast and the teasers, we're probably in for a good ride.
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Christopher Nolan is diving into myth this time as the director has teamed up again with Universal Pictures for his most ambitious project yet: The Odyssey, a sweeping epic that adapts Homer’s ancient Greek poem into a massive action fantasy film. With a staggering $250 million budget, it is set to be the most expensive film of his career and the first blockbuster shot entirely on 70 mm IMAX film cameras.
Matt Damon leads as Odysseus, the weary king of Ithaca whose long journey home from the Trojan War takes him through monsters, gods, and temptations. Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus, while Charlize Theron takes on Circe, the witch-goddess who ensnares him. Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Jon Bernthal round out a star-studded ensemble, joined by an eclectic supporting cast including Mia Goth, Elliot Page, Corey Hawkins, and Benny Safdie.
Production spanned the globe between February and August 2025, capturing Troy in Morocco’s Aït Benhaddou, the Cyclops’ cave on Greece’s Peloponnese coast, Aeolia across Sicily’s islands, and Circe’s domain amid Scotland’s windswept castles. Iceland’s volcanic shores and Malta’s harbors also became Odyssean waypoints. The shoot was not without controversy: scenes filmed in Western Sahara sparked criticism from Sahrawi advocates, who accused the production of legitimizing Morocco’s occupation of the territory.
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Behind the camera, Nolan reunites with longtime collaborators: cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, composer Ludwig Göransson, and VFX house DNEG. The first teaser, centered on Holland’s Telemachus, premiered exclusively during Jurassic World Rebirth's theatrical run in July 2025, with IMAX 70 mm tickets for July 2026 screenings already selling out a year in advance.
Promising a mythic, visceral journey only Nolan could stage, The Odyssey is set for theatrical release on July 17, 2026.
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