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‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Drops: Matt Damon Battles To Return Home In Christopher Nolan Epic
Deadline ^ | December 22, 2025 | https://deadline.com/2025/12/the-odyssey-trailer-1236654983/#comments:~:text=By-,Anthony%20D%27Aless

Posted on 12/22/2025 1:37:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

The first trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s feature take of Homer’s The Odyssey is here, and yet the highly anticipated movie has already sold out 70MM Imax tickets at AMC and Regal cinemas.

Matt Damon is seen here as Odysseus, King of Ithaca, leading his soldiers home after the Trojan War. There’s barely a glimpse of a monster in the trailer, but per the poem which is set around eighth century BCE, he faces Polyphemus the Cyclops, Sirens, the nymph Calypso and the witch goddess Circe in the treacherous oceans. If anything, there’s a lot of ocean and a lot of shipwreck with Odysseus and troops inside the Trojan Horse.

‘The Odyssey’ Is First Film Shot Entirely With Imax Film Cameras: How CEO Rich Gelfond Met Christopher Nolan’s Challenge We get a glimpse here of Tom Holland as Odysseus’ son Telemachus, and Anne Hathaway as Odysseus’ wife Penelope. “Promise me you will come back,” says Penelope.

Also starring, but not seen in the first go-round of the trailer, are Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, Benny Safdie, Jon Bernthal and John Leguizamo.

The epic from the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer filmmaker Nolan was shot using new Imax technology and comes out on July 17, 2026 in theaters.

Check out the trailer above.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: christophernolan; godsgravesglyphs; greece; greek; homer; lonesurvivor; mattdamon; odysseus; odyssey; theodyssey

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To: nickcarraway

Would have preferred new or lesser known actors for this.

And someone other than Nolan at the helm. 😕

LoL I know I’m in the minority in that.


41 posted on 12/22/2025 10:18:22 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Well, who did you have in mind. I don't think I've seen a Christopher Nolan movie since Memento, but I am just glad someone would make it.
42 posted on 12/22/2025 10:33:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

All of Nolan’s movies make me feel distant. Not bored, but uninvested. I think I’d like Mel Gibson for something like this.

His films have soul.


43 posted on 12/22/2025 10:47:37 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I thought about it, the earlier “Trojan War” is probably in the list somewhere as well. Thx. I like the production starring Armand Assante (sp?), but by large the original comes off like a romance novel from the ancient world. 😊⛵


44 posted on 12/23/2025 6:04:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: PIF

‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou’ was another modern reinterpretation of the Odyssey.


45 posted on 12/23/2025 6:09:57 AM PST by nitzy (I don’t trust good looking country singers or fat doctors.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

46 posted on 12/23/2025 6:19:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Should have left him on Mars.................


47 posted on 12/23/2025 6:20:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

😁😏.......................


48 posted on 12/23/2025 6:21:11 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” was the modern version..........


49 posted on 12/23/2025 6:24:04 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: nickcarraway

‘Memento’ was mind-boggling good!


50 posted on 12/23/2025 6:28:41 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Lupita Nyong’o as Goddess Athena . This kind of wokeness in casting ruins historical movies for me.


51 posted on 12/23/2025 6:30:10 AM PST by Varda
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Now it all makes sense. Sorta.


52 posted on 12/23/2025 6:44:36 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Red Badger
I hope his Ulysses has a thick Southie accent.

"Hahd to poht! Chah'bdis has wicked lawng ahms to grab you with."

53 posted on 12/23/2025 6:49:20 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Red Badger

Mars kicked him out.


54 posted on 12/23/2025 6:59:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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The Odyssey (1997)
Odysseus endures years of hardship trying to return home to Greece after his victory in the Trojan War.
Directed by: Andrey Konchalovskiy
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55 posted on 12/23/2025 7:02:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Heh, nice!


56 posted on 12/23/2025 7:03:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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57 posted on 12/23/2025 7:06:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Buttons12

58 posted on 12/23/2025 7:08:04 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Re: 8

Funny meme, thanks for posting it.

59 posted on 12/23/2025 7:26:45 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved)
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To: Owen

PHM has a huge built in audience, I am really looking forward to it. I loved the book.


60 posted on 12/23/2025 8:00:51 AM PST by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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