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Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated epic Odyssey released a new trailer on Monday night and audiences are sure to be in for a cinematic feast judging by the latest clip.
The Universal Pictures release won’t hit theaters until July 17, but the hype is building and will only grow after the latest trailer gives us a closer look at the long, torturous, and fantastical journey of Greek hero Odysseus home from the Trojan War, returning to the kingdom of Ithaca to rescue his wife and son.
In the clip we see glimpses of the key players including Matt Damon in the lead role, Odysseus’ son Telemachus (Tom Holland), Odysseus’ wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway), the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron), and Penelope’s reclining suitor Antinous (Robert Pattinson) who seeks to marry the queen and become ruler of Ithaca. The clip also features Odysseus’ servant Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, the Greek king of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon.
The main cast also includes Zendaya as the goddess Athena, Penny Safdie as Agamemnon, Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, Mia Goth as Melantho, Jamie Gonzalez as Cepheus, and Lupita Nyong’o and Will Yun Lee in unspecified roles.
We also have our first proper look at the non-legendary Titan. The film is based on the ancient Greek epic of Homer Odysseyand includes sirens and other elements of mythology.
Nolan shot the entire film using IMAX cameras, and the battle scenes in the trailer, which look absolutely stunning, are sure to be awe-inspiring once they see them in theaters in the correct big-screen format.
Although Nolan is a sure thing at the box office given his excellent track record, Odyssey It’s still a gamble given that the source material may not be familiar to general audiences and the film’s budget is reported to be $250 million, making it the Oscar-winning director’s most expensive film of his career.
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