The debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has revealed a first look at characters played by Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and Matt Damon.
The Odyssey, written and directed by Nolan and due out July 17, 2026, is based on Homer’s saga, and is described as “a mythic action epic,” shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The Odyssey stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
A film by Christopher Nolan shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. Watch The Odyssey trailer and experience the film in theaters 7 17 26. pic.twitter.com/Lqap9dFI09
The trailer begins at the burial site of scores of soldiers. Matt Damon's Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, narrates, saying that after years of war, nothing can stand between his men and home. We then see Spider-Man star Tom Holland as Telemachus, Odysseus's son who is determined to find his father. A concerned Anne Hathaway, as Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, looks on.
We then get perhaps the most iconic shot of the movie, as Trojan soldiers drag the famous Trojan Horse from the sea. Inside, Damon and his soldiers hide, silently. One soldier, cut by a sword that pierces the horse, is forced to stay silent by his desperate comrades.
We then get a shot of the "mythic" part of The Odyssey with a brief look at what appears to be a giant humanoid, who enters a cave filled with soldiers. Later, the undead appear to rise from the ground itself. There's a classic sail during a storm scene, where a hapless crewmate is washed overboard. The trailer ends with Penelope asking Odysseus to promise he will return. Odysseus responds: "what if I can't?"
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