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Tom Cruise gives Christopher Nolan Odyssey His stamp of approval.
Cruise took to social media on Thursday after attending an early screening of Nolan’s Greek epic, thanking the director, his wife and producing partner Emma Nolan, and the film’s cast and crew.
“Amazing! To Chris, Emma and all the amazing cast and crew. Thank you for a wonderful night at the cinema. I can’t wait to see it again!” he captioned a photo of himself holding a movie ticket in front of an Imax 70mm movie theater. (See post below.)
OdysseyThe film, which officially opens in theaters on Friday, is an adaptation of Homer’s epic that follows Matt Damon as Greek king Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, where he hopes to reunite with his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland). Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, Elliot Page, Travis Scott, Charlize Theron and other stars. At press time, the film has a 96% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Although Cruise and Nolan have never collaborated, they are widely recognized as champions of the theatrical cinema experience. Odyssey It also made history as the first feature film shot entirely on 70mm Imax film cameras, making it an immersive and unique theatrical experience.
Cruise has long advocated watching movies on the big screen. It is known that he delayed the release Top Gun: Maverick throughout the COVID-19 pandemic so audiences can experience it in theaters instead of live. The 2022 sequel has grossed nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, prompting Steven Spielberg to tell Cruise in 2023: “You saved Hollywood, and you may have saved theatrical distribution. Seriously, Maverick It probably saved the entire theatrical industry.
the Mission: impossible The star has also been known to champion the work of other filmmakers, publicly promoting films including Nolan’s Tenet and Oppenheimerbesides Sinners, Indiana Jones and the Connection of Destiny, Hurricanes, F1: The movie, Running man and Disclosure dayamong other things.
Meanwhile, Cruise is preparing for the release of his next film, digger. The first clip premiered earlier this week, revealing an unrecognizable look of the actor under heavy prosthetic makeup. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the Warner Bros. release will be released in 2017. In theaters October 2.
