Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer with a true epic: Homer’s The Odyssey. It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday.
Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology.” It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer’s saga will play on IMAX film screens.
Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
—@UniversalPics
Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to The Dark Knight, and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For Oppenheimer, the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed.
Nolan hasn’t said specifically what the new technology for The Odyssey will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they’re in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production.
“They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work,” Nolan said. “It’s wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible.”
The Odyssey will be Nolan’s second collaboration with Universal Pictures following Oppenheimer, which earned nearly $1 billion US at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture.
Rumours about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio.