Christopher Nolan (born 1970, London) is a British-American writer-director whose films blend philosophical ambition with large-scale spectacle. He rose to prominence with the Dark Knight trilogy, then cemented his reputation with Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk. Oppenheimer (2023) won him the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, grossing over $950 million worldwide - the highest-grossing Best Picture winner in two decades.
The third trailer for The Odyssey film leaked online in June 2026 and focuses on Penelope, Telemachus, and new monsters - the Laestrygones and Charybdis.
Tickets for The Odyssey in all formats went on sale on June 9, 2026; IMAX pre-sales caused several ticketing websites to crash.
At CinemaCon in April 2026, Nolan presented new footage including an extensive sequence with the Trojan Horse.
IMAX tickets for The Odyssey premiere weekend sold out within hours after Universal offered them a year before the premiere - an unprecedented move in cinema distribution history.
Universal officially announced in December 2024 the title and premiere date of Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey for July 17, 2026 in IMAX.
