The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, opening July 17 in IMAX, is the most technically audacious film ever made, with a $250 million production budget—Nolan's largest—and over two million feet of IMAX 70mm film stock consumed across seven countries. Shot entirely on newly developed, quieter IMAX 70mm cameras, the epic stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, and an ensemble including Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong'o. The film's technical scale and runtime of likely over 2.5 hours surpasses the typical summer blockbuster's visual ambition. Nolan's previous film, Oppenheimer, grossed $950 million and won seven Oscars; The Odyssey raises those stakes, making it the event film of summer 2026.