Fantasy Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

[Gothamsknight]

With how big of a Christopher Nolan fan I am, you'd be surprised to find out I have only seen one of his films in IMAX and that was Dunkirk. The format is incredible, but I never felt like I NEEDED to see the films in that format to love them. With that said, I'm absolutely going to see this in IMAX.

 

[Flint Marko]

 

[Boom]

Animatronics and/or stopmotion, baby.

Would be really ****ing cool if he did that and pulled it off convincingly. Show people how it's done.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Helicopter movie? Vampire movie?

I guess we mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.

How do we know this isn’t The Odyssey with vampires? And helicopters?

 

[Kane52630]

How do we know this isn’t The Odyssey with vampires? And helicopters?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

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I'm still laughing at this.

This is why our country deserves what's coming to it, but I digress.

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[Lily Adler]

Circe and Odysseus are going to debate on why he should leave her to return to Ithaca with philosophical undertones.

 

[CB Fan]

Now this, this is exciting!

 

[Kane52630]

wild tweet by...

*reads notes*

The official IMAX twitter account?

 

[Drizzle]

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What are they even teaching these kids? Back in my day, we read The Odyssey in middle school which was then followed up with an in class viewing of the TV movie starring Armand Assante of The Santa Clause fame.



Hit us with your best shot, Nolan. You've got some big shoes to fill.

 

[Lily Adler]

What are they even teaching these kids? Back in my day, we read The Odyssey in middle school which was then followed up with an in class viewing of the TV movie starring Armand Assante of The Santa Clause fame.

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Hit us with your best shot, Nolan. You've got some big shoes to fill.

I just remember Vanessa Williams's Circe being very horny for Odysseus. I wonder if Lupita is either Circe or a Siren.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I’m not sure how Nolan is at fault here?

Maybe not at fault, but how hard did he fight for Pearce? Or did he fight at all?

 

[Lily Adler]

The Lotus Eaters better be horrific.

Also going to point out that Nolan is still totally cool whitewashing characters.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[NotToday]

Now, sad to say I don't really KNOW the story of the Odyssey all that well, what prior adaptations do you guys recommend to brush up on this story?

There are a thousand and one summaries out there; but for film adaptations, I like Deadline's shortlist:

Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is An Adaptation Of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey,’ Universal Reveals

Christopher Nolan's new film is 'The Odyssey,' an adaptation of the epic Homer poem for Universal, the studio has revealed.

deadline.com

While this would be a notable adaptation of the text, the poem has previously served as source material for, among many other works, the 1954 Italian film Ulysses, directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas, as well as the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Armand Assante. Currently, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche can be seen playing Odysseus and Penelope in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, which Bleecker Street released earlier this month following the film’s TIFF unveiling. Also drawing inspiration from the poem were James Joyce’s Ulysses, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, Ulysses’ Gaze from Theo Angelopoulos, Cold Mountain (both novel and film), The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Star Trek: Odyssey.

 

[NotToday]

I don't think this is necessarily going to be a modern-day retelling, but I hope people don't get their hopes up to see monsters/creatures much, if at all. Literally look at Nolan's resumé; that's how I knew that those vampire rumors were complete bunk. Even his most fantastical movies don't have any of that.

Yes, I know people can change and try new things, but I wouldn't count on it. If this was going to have a bunch of VFX, I think it'd be coming out 2027 instead.

 

[Filmfreak]

The Lotus Eaters better be horrific.

Also going to point out that Nolan is still totally cool whitewashing characters.

What characters is he whitewashing? Ancient Greeks may not had been pale white but they were pretty much caucasian.

 

[Filmfreak]

Yes, I know people can change and try new things, but I wouldn't count on it. If this was going to have a bunch of VFX, I think it'd be coming out 2027 instead.

This starts filming in January and it will probably be done filming by June or something. A year in post is plenty of time. If Dune could do it, The Odyssey could do it too.

@Lily Adler As a Greek I was taught Greek history and mythology for all my years in school at the very minimum. There was a bit of a variety in skin tones and hair colours in people in ancient times, going from blonde, almost Nordic white, to dark hair and a bit of a darker skin tone, but they there were by no means black or have other black characteristics in the modern sense, if that's what you meant.

The casting is far from over and they already have Lupita and Zendaya in it who don't pass as Greeks, in a Greek mythological tale, which is not to say is a bad thing. On the contrary. But saying his movies lack diversity is different than saying he's whitewashing the rhapsody.

 

[NotToday]

Now, which movie are they going to pair this up with to attempt a Barbenheimer 2??

I'm voting Shrek 5.

This starts filming in January and it will probably be done filming by June or something. A year in post is plenty of time. If Dune could do it, The Odyssey could do it too.

In theory....

 

[Arachnerd]

Is that poster real? I hope he really is doing it as it's meant to be and not a modern retelling, but either way I'm so excited.

Umm, I think you might need to read the first sentence of my post again.

Would be really ****ing cool if he did that and pulled it off convincingly. Show people how it's done.

Would be the closest we could get to a modern Ray Harryhausen flick if done right.

And you could argue Nolan already took cues from Odyssey for Interstellar.

I don't think this is necessarily going to be a modern-day retelling, but I hope people don't get their hopes up to see monsters/creatures much, if at all. Literally look at Nolan's resumé; that how I knew that those vampire rumors were complete bunk. Even his most fantastical movies don't have any of that.

Yes, I know people can change and try new things, but I wouldn't count on it. If this was going to have a bunch of VFX, I think it'd be coming out 2027 instead.

I get where you're coming from, but it would be massively disappointing if that were to be the case. He would have to cut off major important portions of the story to keep a realism angle and that would be a detriment. I imagine Universal gave him a big fat blank check to do whatever he wants after Oppenheimer's awards, and if he does want to explore Odyssey to its true epic potential on the big screen, then he'll have the proper time to do so, as @Filmfreak pointed out earlier. Think it's too early to assume anything as fact either way.

 

[NotToday]

I get where you're coming from, but it would be massively disappointing if that were to be the case. He would have to cut off major important portions of the story to keep a realism angle and that would be a detriment.

Prepare to be disappointed when Christopher Nolan makes a Christopher Nolan movie.

Yeah, he has a blank check - to go hard on all the things he's known for and good at. He's gonna try one or two new things, I'm sure. Will one of those things be CGI giants or sea monsters? Eehhhh ... I doubt it; that's all.

 

[Arachnerd]

No one here said that he was going to use CGI for the Hydra nor the other creatures. These can easily be achieved with the right use of make-up, animatronics and/or stopmotion if he wants to go that route. And I guess under your assumption, Nolan can't venture out of his comfort zone, which is a really backwards take to have. Not sure why you're acting as if Nolan never had fantastical concepts in any of his movies.

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[NotToday]

Not sure why you're also acting as if Nolan hasn't had fantastical concepts in any of his movies.

Fantastical concepts; yes. Fantastical creatures; no.

No one here said that he was going to use CGI for the Hydra nor the other creatures. These can easily be achieved with the right use of make-up, animatronics and/or stopmotion if he wants to go that route.

It's not even about the 'how', I think it's unlikely we'll see those creatures at all.

And I guess under your assumption, Nolan can't venture out of his comfort zone, which is a really backwards take to have.

I think it's a realistic take, based on his past work. And I'm not ruling out the chance that he does something truly new (to him); I just think that chance is small.

But hey, if Nolan can pull off a one-eyed giant, I'm down to see it.