Matt Damon seems battle-ready in Trojan armor for a primary take a look at Odysseus for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Common Photos and Christopher Nolan are making this Monday mythological with a primary take a look at Matt Damon as Odysseus for the filmmaker’s assuredly epic adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. The picture shared on-line reveals Damon within the world-famous character’s battle armor. The side-angled shot provides us a peek at Damon’s salty beard, battle scars, and world-weary look.
Homer’s The Odyssey, and by the identical token, Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie follows Odysseus in his perilous journey house after the Trojan Battle, showcasing his encounters with Polyphemus, the Sirens, Circe, and ending together with his reunion together with his spouse, Penelope.
Like some other Christopher Nolan movie, the solid is positively stacked with a lot of Hollywood’s heaviest hitters, together with Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Jon Bernthal, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Mia GOth, Elliot Web page, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, John Leguizamo, Will Yun Lee, Benny Safdie, Himesh Patel, Invoice Irwin, Corey Hawkins, Nick E. Tarabay, and extra.
The Odyssey is an historical Greek poem by Homer that tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his journey house after the ten-year Trojan Battle. The journey was perilous, together with encounters with the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe. At house, Odysseus is presumed lifeless, and his spouse Penelope and son Telemachus should deal with teams of unruly suitors who every need Penelope’s hand in marriage to manage the dominion.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey plans to shoot globally utilizing new IMAX know-how, a prospect with cinephiles salivating. Nolan, in fact, is without doubt one of the greatest proponents of the IMAX movie format. He’s identified to push the boundaries of what IMAX can seize on screens, pairing superior visible presentation with dynamic audio design that leaves common theater sound techniques within the mud.
When Common Photos 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 on the finish of the month, and a few experiences state that this might be Nolan’s costliest movie up to now. It’s anticipated to value $250 million however might very simply go greater.
Nolan is rarely one to take a budget route, and he will likely 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 where Homer envisioned Odysseus landed with his motley crew to barbecue goats and stock up on food. The idyllic isle is part of the Egadi archipelago off of Sicily’s north-west coast.”
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