Benny Safdie will reunite with Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan as he’s joined the all-star ensemble forged of The Odyssey.
THR experiences that Benny Safdie is ready to reunite with Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey, the director’s epic adaptation of Homer’s historical Greek poem.
Safdie performed theoretical physicist Edward Teller in Oppenheimer, and very like that movie, he’ll be a part of an all-star ensemble forged for The Odyssey that features Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal.
The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his journey residence after the ten-year Trojan Battle. The journey was stuffed with peril, together with encounters with the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe. At residence, Odysseus is presumed lifeless, and his spouse Penelope and son Telemachus should take care of teams of unruly suitors who every need Penelope’s hand in marriage to regulate the dominion.
When Common Footage formally introduced the undertaking final yr, the studio described it as “a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology.” Manufacturing is slated to kick off in late February, and a few experiences state that this might be Nolan’s most costly movie to this point. It’s anticipated to value $250 million however might very simply go increased.
Nolan is rarely one to take a budget route, and he might be filming everywhere in the world for The Odyssey, together with the precise places the place Odysseus was believed to have been. A latest report said that Nolan will shoot a part of the movie on Favignana, Sicily’s “Goat Island,” which is “believed to be the place the place Homer envisioned Odysseus landed together with his motley crew to barbecue goats and refill on meals. The idyllic isle is a part of the Egadi archipelago off of Sicily’s north-west coast.“
Benny Safdie will make his solo directorial debut with The Smashing Machine, a biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. A24 will launch it later this yr. He’s additionally anticipated to look in Adam Sandler’s Completely happy Gilmore 2, which can debut on Netflix later this yr.
The Odyssey will hit theaters on July 17, 2026.
