Christopher Nolan is on a streak of large-scale movies with star-studded casts and epic tales, and it seems like he’s going to take his subsequent movie up a notch, even for him.
The director is taking up the Homer’s traditional The Odyssey, which follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) in his perilous journey residence after the Trojan Warfare, showcasing his encounters with Polyphemus, the Sirens, Circe, and ending together with his reunion together with his spouse, Penelope.
Damon is joined by Tom Holland (who’s rumored to be taking part in Odysseus’s son, Telemachus), Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Web page and Mia Goth.
But when that wasn’t sufficient, a brand new rumor claims that Nolan hoped to reunite together with his Oppenheimer Finest Supporting Actor Oscar-winner, Robert Downey Jr. for the movie as effectively.
In line with Daniel Richtman, Nolan was courting RDJ for the function of Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea, however the actor was going to be too busy filming Avengers: Doomsday to make it work. The scooper has additionally heard that Nolan is staying “tremendous trustworthy to the unique story,” and is “decided to make use of as many sensible results, actual units, and as a lot make-up work as doable.”
This follows a earlier report that Nolan intends to shoot the film’s Cyclops scenes at Nestor’s Collapse Greece, and a 6x6m mechanical anthropomorphic puppet of Polyphemus is being created for the sequence.
It will have been cool to see Downey within the function, however he’s fulfilling a extremely anticipated obligation within the MCU, so Nolan will simply must fill his footwear with one of many different extraordinarily gifted actors lined as much as work with him.
Common Photos mentioned of the movie, “Christopher Nolan’s subsequent movie The Odyssey is a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing brand-new IMAX movie expertise. The movie brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX movie screens for the primary time and opens in theaters in all places on July 17, 2026.”
Who would you wish to see play the function of Poseidon in The Odyssey?