The Odyssey
Movie, 2026, The 2020s, Set in Odysseus sails home from Troy
The Odyssey is #13 of 13 in release order and #13 of 13 in chronological order in the Christopher Nolan.
The story
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
The Odyssey recap
The Odyssey (2026) adapts Homer's poem, following Odysseus, king of Ithaca, on his long journey home after the Trojan War while suitors circle his wife. Christopher Nolan wrote and directed it, and it is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX 70 mm film cameras. Matt Damon plays Odysseus, Anne Hathaway his wife Penelope and Tom Holland their son Telemachus, who sails to Sparta to ask Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and Helen (Lupita Nyong'o) for news while the suitor Antinous (Robert Pattinson) plots to kill him. On Ogygia, the goddess Athena (Zendaya) orders Odysseus to leave the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron), and he remembers the voyage: the Trojan Horse, the Cyclops Polyphemus, the man-eating Laestrygonians, the witch Circe (Samantha Morton), a journey through Hades, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the slaughter of sacred cattle that drowns his last men. The Odyssey is Nolan's thirteenth feature and follows Oppenheimer.
The Odyssey ending explained
The Odyssey ends with Odysseus back in Ithaca disguised as a beggar, saving Telemachus from the suitors' assassins and confessing to Penelope his crimes at Troy. When he alone strings his bow and shoots through the axe heads, he and Telemachus kill the suitors, Antinous among them. Odysseus then gives the throne to Telemachus and sails west into exile with Penelope. Homer has Odysseus keep his crown, and the soldier Sinon, whose ghost confronts Odysseus in Hades, comes from Virgil's Aeneid rather than the Odyssey.
Ratings
IMDb 8.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Oppenheimer, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Oppenheimer, the last.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Odysseus
- Tom Holland as Telemachus
- Anne Hathaway as Penelope
- Robert Pattinson as Antinous
- Himesh Patel as Eurylochus
- Charlize Theron as Calypso
- John Leguizamo as Eumaeus
- Travis Scott as Bard
- Corey Hawkins as Polybus
- Jarreth J. Merz as Leodes
- Niko Nicotera as Peisander
- Elliot Page as Sinon
Directed by Christopher Nolan.