The hero of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has been revealed.

Matt Damon is ready to star as Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and titular hero of Homer's epic poem. Common Footage introduced the information on Monday, unveiling the primary picture from Nolan's upcoming epic, with Damon decked out in historical Greek apparel.

The Odyssey marks Damon's third time working with the director after key roles in Interstellar and Oppenheimer, however it’s his first time main a Nolan film.

The replace comes after a swirl of hypothesis which noticed followers debate who, of the star-studded forged members, would lead the upcoming Nolan mission about Odysseus' lengthy journey house after the Trojan Battle. Alongside Damon, the movie is ready to star Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Elliot Web page, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Himesh Patel, Invoice Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, and Will Yun Lee.

The Odyssey has been described by the studio as "a mythic motion epic shot the world over utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise," and is ready to hit theaters July 17, 2026.

As advised and retold over many centuries, the story sees Odysseus embark on a dangerous ten-year journey in an effort to return house to his beloved spouse, Penelope, and son Telemachus. Sadly, he’s impeded repeatedly by Gods, monsters, and varied temptations.

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The three,000-year-old story has been tailored, remixed, and reinterpreted numerous instances, showing on display with such differing iterations as Mario Camerini's Ulysses, a reasonably straight-forward retelling starring Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano, to the Coen Brothers traditional O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?, a musical satire loosely impressed by Homer's story.

Along with serving as director of his adaptation, Nolan penned the script and can produce alongside along with his spouse, Emma Thomas.

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The Odyssey will mark Nolan's follow-up to his Greatest Image-winning field workplace smash, Oppenheimer, a biopic in regards to the father of the atomic bomb. Together with being one half of an enormous cultural phenomenon, the movie received seven Oscars and grossed practically $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace. It additionally noticed Nolan take house his first Academy Award for Greatest Director, after a previous nomination for 2018's Dunkirk.

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