The Odyssey – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png The Odyssey – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 RDJ couldn’t be in Nolan’s The Odyssey because of Avengers: Doomsday https://www.geekfeed.com/rdj-couldnt-be-in-nolans-the-odyssey/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:18:49 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=86740 Robert Downey Jr. may have floundered post-Endgame with Dolittle, but he managed to show that he can still be a serious actor with Oppenheimer from Christopher Nolan. RDJ has somewhat found himself working with Marvel again, but word has it that he was supposed to team up with Nolan again.

According to insider Daniel RPK (via @NolanAnalyst), RDJ was offered the part of Poseidon in The Odyssey, but he had to turn it down because he was already committed to Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.

In the Odyssey, Odysseus invokes the wrath of Poseidon by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. This results in Poseidon delaying Odysseus journey home by 10 years by punishing him with storms.

With Nolan’s minimalist preference for cinema, it’s unclear how he’s going to treat Greek gods and heroes, but I think that’s going to be the general hook of The Odyssey, with the fantastical nature of Odysseus’ story being told through Nolan’s hyper-realistic lens.

As for RDJ, a lot of fans are admittedly disappointed that he’s going to be playing Doctor Doom after a spectacular exit from Marvel. After landing an Oscar with Oppenheimer, fans thought that RDJ had already put superhero films behind him, but the Russos are teasing that they have a story that is enticing enough to tell with Downey behind the mask.

For now, The Odyssey is set to come out July 17, 2026. Avengers: Doomsday is going to hit theaters earlier with a May 1, 2026 slate.

]]> First Look at Mat Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey https://www.geekfeed.com/matt-damon-as-odysseus-in-nolans-the-odyssey/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:04:14 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=86551 Fans know that Tom Holland and Matt Damon are going to lead Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but a lot of fans still don’t know who’s playing who. As it turns out, Damon is going to be playing the titular character, and it’s been revealed with the first look of him in costume.

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With reports weeks earlier saying that Holland was supposed to be the lead of the movie, some are guessing that he’s going to play the part of Telemachus, Odysseus’ son. In the story, Telemachus journeys to Pylos and Sparta looking for his father, only to come back to Ithaca to realize that Odysseus had returned.

Telemachus is considered to be the secondary protagonist of the Odyssey, and his journeys while on the search for his father have been called the Telemachy traditionally.

With Holland not having a hit besides Spider-Man, a lot of fans thought a team-up with Christopher Nolan of all people could help Holland’s status as a leading man. As for Damon, everyone knows that he’s a solid actor, but he has been criticized for not doing so well on period movies—especially one that is based on a story set hundreds of years ago.

Then again, I’m always up any big swing, and it looks like Nolan is going to be doing just that with this massive adaptation of the action-adventure story that defined modern storytelling in general.

Hopefully we get a first look at a trailer before the year ends.

Catch The Odyssey when it comes to cinemas on July 17, 2026.

]]> Avengers: Doomsday will Allegedly Keep Spider-Man Masked https://www.geekfeed.com/doomsday-will-allegedly-keep-spider-man-masked/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:04:40 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=86481 The Mandalorian pulls off a technical hat trick in that its main character never shows his face, allowing for flexibility in production; but word has it that Avengers could be borrowing a leaf from the book of the Disney+ series for Doomsday—particularly with the character of Spider-Man.

According to @REDACTEDSpider, Spider-Man will be mostly masked for the majority of Doomsday, and a big reason is said to be because of Tom Holland’s schedule. Holland will not only be shooting Doomsday, but Spider-Man 4 and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as well, which means he’s going to be very busy.

With Spider-Man just having his mask on though, the movie can very much just have someone fill in for Holland, and he’ll just add his voice to the character later when he’s not fighting off a Cyclops in a cave for Nolan.

The way No Way Home ended, Spider-Man’s inner circle has definitely shrunken down, and barely anyone knows him; so it would make sense that he would be keeping his identity secret from a new Avengers team. As Brave New World has confirmed, there is no Avengers lineup yet, and Spider-Man is very much considered a regular after the events of Endgame; but since nobody knows Peter Parker, there’s no one to vouch for him, and he may as well be stuck in rookie status again.

As for Spider-Man 4, no major story details have been revealed yet, but it’s said to be the most expensive MCU Spidey film produced yet, with a budget of around $200 million. It’s certainly sad that it won’t be a street-level Spidey story, but with Sony’s SUMC currently dead, they probably had to throw that money somewhere.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.

]]> Tom Holland to Lead Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Movie? https://www.geekfeed.com/tom-holland-to-lead-nolans-odyssey-movie/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:26 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=86163 Tom Holland has been getting some flak for only being able to succeed in Spider-Man movies, but everyone was surprised to see him get cast in the next Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey. Though his role was unclear when it was announced, this could be a huge chance for Holland to prove himself, as it turns out.

According to Deadline, Holland will actually play the lead of The Odyssey. No doubt this means that he’s playing the part of Ulysses/Odysseus, but seeing that this is a Nolan movie, it’s possible that the narrative would be non-linear, and Holland could be the son of Odysseus being told the story. Though Odysseus’ age is never explicitly stated, it’s expected for him to be a bit on the older side, seeing as he had lived through the Iliad by the time of the Odyssey.

Besides Holland, the movie also has a star-studded cast which includes Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron; the movie also brings back a lot of Nolan veterans including Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, and Robert Pattinson.

Though Holland may not have had a hit that isn’t Spider-Man, he certainly has the chops if he’s put in the right project. He definitely stood out in Devil All the Time for Netflix, and he was also pretty likeable in that Chaos Walking movie.

With Nolan’s last movie Oppenheimer pretty sparing on the action and spectacle, The Odyssey is expected to be his return to form with a big action epic. Admittedly, Nolan hasn’t gotten too period with his movies at this point in his career, so it’s going to be very interesting to see just how he interprets the classic story with his own style and flair.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is set to release in theatres on July 17, 2026.

]]> Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie with Tom Holland is Based on The Odyssey https://www.geekfeed.com/christopher-nolans-next-movie-with-tom-holland/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:55:59 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=85799 Christopher Nolan has been known for a very specific genre of films, from action/espionage, and recently historical biopic. A lot of fans have been curious about his next movie starring Tom Holland and Matt Damon, and now Universal has officially announced what the project is going to be about—and no, it’s not about a robot helicopter.

According to an official post from Universal Pictures, the movie will be an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Check this out:

It hasn’t been confirmed which characters the cast are playing, but the picture has managed to gather an impressive cast with Nolan favourites like Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, and Anne Hathaway. The cast also includes Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong’o, and power couple Zendaya and Tom Holland.

The Odyssey by Homer is considered a sequel to The Iliad which tells the story of mythical hero Odysseus on his journey home after the Trojan War. Along the way he meets several mythical creatures and magical beings, all making for unique short stories that build up a whole narrative.

There have been several adaptations of the Odyssey over the years, but one of the most auteur-focused takes was O Brother, Where Art Thou? from the Cohen Brothers which takes the story of the Odyssey and loosely brings it to 1930s rural Mississippi. George Clooney plays the lead Ulysses (Odysseus’ Roman name) and there are loose adaptations of the Sirens and the Cyclops from the original poem.

Knowing Nolan, his Odyssey may not be a direct adaptation, and should have its own kind of twist unique to him. Maybe it’s a telling of the story in a grounded way as compared to the mythical events that happen in the original poem? Could he find a way to work a robot helicopter into the story?

We’ll just have to wait and see until the next update. Hopefully it can match the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou because the bluegrass songs are what make the movie.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is set to come out July 17, 2026.

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