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Zendaya jokingly threatened to 'leave' Tom Holland if he turned down The Odyssey

Zendaya had to convince Tom Holland to star in The Odyssey amid scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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'Fortnite' x 'Odyssey' Movie Brings Matt Damon's Odysseus, Benny Safdie's Agamemnon Skins

Fortnite's latest collaboration is with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey movie, featuring Matt Damon's Odysseus, as well as Agamemnon's skins.

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Matt Damon dropped back to high school weight to portray Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

The Oscar-winning actor has revealed he returned to his high school weight and embraced a strict diet to play Odysseus, before receiving what he called the most meaningful review from his daughter.

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If The Odyssey film is anything like The Odyssey adventure game from 2012, Matt Damon will spend the entire first hour trying to solve a single loom puzzle

I played it for two hours and 53 minutes, same as the running time of Christopher Nolan's new film. Here's how it went.

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Samantha Morton hails Heath Ledger-style comparison with her work in The Odyssey as ‘very moving’

The Oscar-nominated actress has spoken of her emotional reaction after Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas likened the crew’s response to her performance in The Odyssey to the applause Heath Ledger received while filming The Dark Knight.

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The Odyssey Reviews Are Stellar, But Critics Have The Same Critique

There's a lot to love, but one detail keeps coming up.

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The Odyssey lauded as Sir Christopher Nolan’s ‘best film to date’

The blockbuster is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic.

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The Odyssey: Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway relive the epic

In this edition, Critic Emma Jones tells us why Christopher Nolan’s take on the Greek epic was worth the wait – and the eye-watering budget – and how the themes of this ancient story still speak to contemporary audiences. The all-star cast includes Matt Damon as a world-weary Odysseus, Anne…

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'The Odyssey' Review: Christopher Nolan's Majestic, Haunting Adaptation Is An Epic Like No Other

Christopher Nolan's apocalyptic adaptation of the Homeric epic is grand and grave — and the version we need now. Read our review of 'The Odyssey.'

Inverse

The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan has made an epic worthy of the gods

5/5 With Matt Damon on career-best form and spectacle and awe like you’ve never seen, they better start polishing those Oscars

Evening Standard

The Odyssey review – Christopher Nolan’s massive, fearless adaptation is his best film to date

5/5 There are touches of ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Memento’ and even his Batman movies in this enormous condensing of the British filmmaker’s fixations, brought to life by a cast of seemingly thousands – but it’s the women (among them Anne Hathaway and Samantha Morton) who steal the show

The Independent UK

The Odyssey review: "Mythological filmmaking of the highest order"

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'The Odyssey’ is the best movie of 2026 so far — and maybe topples my favorite Christopher Nolan film

"The Odyssey" is an instant classic and the best movie of 2026 so far. But this epic movie might also be the best film of Christopher Nolan's career.

Tom’s Guide

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis

Doing full justice to the Homeric legend, Christopher Nolan amasses an epic cast to convey the true cost of war with film-making of thrilling ambition

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Matt Damon: ‘The Odyssey is the most challenging movie I’ve ever been part of’

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Christopher Nolan used one idea from his unmade Troy film in The Odyssey over 20 years later

“I’ve had an image of that horse sinking into the sand in my head for 20 years.”

The Independent UK

Matt Damon says he’s done making this drastic change for films

Damon called his new film ‘The Odyssey’ the ‘most challenging movie I’ve ever been a part of’

Total Film

The Odyssey could beat The Dark Knight's box office opening, marking the second highest of Christopher Nolan's career

The box office looks set to be big

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Tom Holland believes The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan's 'most human' movie

The Odyssey star Tom Holland considers the historical epic to be the "most human" film ever directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

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Matt Damon finds peace in his life

At the age of 55, Matt Damon has found peace after learning to accept the things he can't control.

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Matt Damon’s Tree-Framed Sanctuary Reinvents the Concept of the Living Room – It’s the Definitive Design Statement for 2026

The actor's Pacific Palisades oasis dissolves the boundary between inside and out – and designers say you can recreate the flow

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The epic scale of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, by the numbers

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is an epic film, hitting theaters Friday

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5 films you didn't know were inspired by The Odyssey

As Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the ancient Greek poem nears the big screen, here are some of the other movies that take inspiration from Homer's epic

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I Can’t Argue With The Real Reason Matt Damon Decided To Host SNL For The First Time

Can't fault him for that.

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People Love Interstellar, But I Think It's One Of Christopher Nolan's Weaker Movies. Here's Why

I'm sorry, but Interstellar is mid-tier Christopher Nolan, AT BEST.

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