The movies of Christopher Nolan are all, in their way, Odyssean epics, Homeric voyages into dreams (Inception), space (Interstellar), time (Tenet), science (Oppenheimer), magic (The Prestige), billionaires in batsuits (The Dark Knight trilogy). But now, after months of frantic speculation about what the Oscar winning auteur is cooking up next with Universal, we know exactly what Nolan's next cinematic odyssey will be. And, well, it is the granddaddy of 'em all — it is The Odyssey. Yes, just tonight, Universal casually tweeted out the huge news that the newly knighted Sir Christopher Nolan's 13th film will be an IMAX sized, globe-trotting adaptation of Homer's epic Greek poem.
"Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology," reads Universal's official post. "The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026." Well, that's certainly not the Nolan vampire movie or the Blue Thunder riffing helicopter caper we've been hearing so much talk of in recent weeks. Rather, it's the mother of all epic adventures, that of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War. Now, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves and start salivating over the prospect of cyclops' and sirens, Charybdis and Scylla just yet, but the promise of brand new IMAX technology and Nolan's famously keen eye for detail and authenticity makes it very hard not to get just a little bit giddy at the prospect of what may await.
Doing nothing to temper already sky high expectations for Nolan's Oppenheimer follow-up is the absolute constellation of stars the British filmmaker has assembled for his latest movie. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron have all already signed on for the odyssey — and indeed The Odyssey — that awaits, with more big names surely soon to join them as Nolan sets about bringing one of the most legendary tales in, well, all of fiction to life. We'll bring you more on The Odyssey just as soon as we get it, but for now, consider this piece of news a tantalising Christmas Eve Eve gift. Ho, Ho, Ho(mer) — Merry Christmas!