Universal Pictures' social media confirmed that Christopher Nolan’s is working on an adaptation of "The Odyssey" that will bring "Homer’s foundational Saga to IMAX film screens for the first time."

Universal has dropped a cheeky (early) synopsis of Nolan’s next film just as everyone started their holiday break.

The film is set to feature a star-studded cast of Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron. The Nolan film coming in summer of 2026 follows his latest feat of "Oppeneheimer," for which he took home best picture and best director at the Academy Awards.

If we had to entrust a new, full-scale film adaptation of the Odyssey to anyone, Christopher Nolan makes a great deal of sense. It’s been announced by Universal Pictures that the British director’s follow-up to Oppenheimer will be “a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new Imax film technology”,

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“Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026,” the statement read.

And while it has been adapted to a film a few times prior, director Christopher Nolan is taking a crack at it, and as a classical literature fan I am so excited. Christopher Nolan has been hinting for a while that he has a new project in the works,

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey already has a handful of A-list actors in its cast, and one can predict who will play who in this Greek epic.