Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey recently caused an online stir when it was revealed that it would bypass influencer screenings and appeal to reviewing press only. Critics will star reviewing the film next week. Those of us here in the DMV will have our screening on July 13th. I can’t wait. Anyway, Universal Pictures has decided now is the right time to drop one final trailer that spells out the plot for what should be the can’t-miss movie of the summer.
Matt Damon leads The Odyssey as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca who, after victory in the Trojan War, makes a treacherous, decade-long journey home to be reunited with his wife, Penelope, played by Anne Hathaway. Tom Holland also stars as Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, who seeks the truth about his father as Penelope’s many suitors attempt to steal the throne away.
Also in the cast are Robert Pattinson as the bold Antinous, Penelope’s most aggressive suitor; Zendaya plays the goddess Athena, with Charlize Theron as Circe the enchantress, Jon Bernthal as the Spartan king Menelaus, Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, John Leguizamo as Eumaeus, Mia Goth as Melantho, Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, and Bill Irwin as the cyclops Polyphemus. Lupita Nyong’o is playing Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, and folks are having a fit about that. Will Yun Lee, Corey Hawkins, Elliot Page, Samantha Morton, Jovan Adepo, Shiloh Fernandez, and Logan Marshall-Green have roles, too.
The Odyssey hits theaters on July 17th 2026, and was shot entirely in IMAX.
