If you’ve been to an IMAX cinema in the last few days to see Avatar: Fire And Ash, you may have been treated to a five-minute preview for The Odyssey – the next film from Christopher Nolan. But fear not, anyone who hasn’t made it out to the movies yet. The first trailer for Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer follow-up – a retelling of Homer’s Odyssey, as Odysseus makes a decade-long journey home after war, facing many monsters along the way – has arrived online. This isn’t the full five-minute treat for cinemagoers, but it’s still mightily impressive, a tantalising glimpse at 2026’s most anticipated movie. Watch it here:
Yep, that’s a Christopher Nolan Odyssey movie, alright. Gigantic globetrotting action? A mega-starry cast? A real sense of physical heft? All those Nolan hallmarks are here, all anchored to one of the oldest stories in recorded human history. The film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, trying to get home to his wife Penelope , and his son Telemachus. While we also see Benny Safdie in a helmet as Agamemnon, there are several major cast members not in this teaser – like Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. Instead, the focus is on the wet and wild photography, the gigantic scope, the Trojan Horse. Oh, and yes – that was a giant cyclops you saw wandering into that cave.
Everything points towards The Odyssey being one of the can’t-miss cinematic experiences of next year – the first film shot entirely on IMAX cameras. We’ll find out if it lives up to Nolan’s previous work when it arrives on July 17, 2026.
