Nolans movie will adapt Homers ancient text into a mega-scale Hollywood blockbuster with plenty of action and spectacle.

Based on Homers source material,The Odysseyhas the potential to be Nolans biggest movie to date.

A lot ofNolans movies are about a heros journey home.

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InInception, Cobb goes through dreams within dreams.

InInterstellar, Cooper goes through a black hole.The Odysseywill offer even wilder sequences.

He goes on a voyage to the underworld.

Collage of Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan with two Oscars, and an illustration of Homer’s Odyssey

Itll be a delight to see Nolan bring this story to life on the big screen.

Homers epic poem is one of the foundations of storytelling.

It was one of the first stories ever told, and it remains one of the most influential.

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The Odyssey is director Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s iconic Greek epic poem that follows Odysseus’s grueling 10-year journey home from the Trojan War.

By positioning himself as the Homer of cinema, Nolan is setting his sights pretty high withThe Odyssey.

An illustration of Homer’s Odyssey

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