First Official Images of Anne Hathaway, Mia Goth, and Tom Holland in Nolan’s The Odyssey
According to the CinemaDrame News Agency, the first official images of Anne Hathaway, Mia Goth, and Tom Holland in The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan, have been released.
The film tells the story of Odysseus — or Ulysses — played by Matt Damon, and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. Zendaya plays Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war and Odysseus’ guide, while Charlize Theron appears as Circe, the enchantress who traps Odysseus and his crew on her island. Anne Hathaway, who previously worked with Nolan on Interstellar, plays Penelope, the wife of Odysseus; Mia Goth plays Melantho, Penelope’s unfaithful maid; Tom Holland appears as Telemachus, the son of Odysseus; Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, the commander of the Greeks in the Trojan War; and Lupita Nyong’o as Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife, who plays a key role in his fate. Robert Pattinson, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo, Samantha Morton, Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, Jesse Garcia, Ryan Hurst, and Will Yun Lee also star in the film.
The Odyssey is described as a “mythic epic action” film, shot using a new IMAX technology with a reported production budget of $250 million. Filming took place from February to August 2025 across Morocco, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, and Los Angeles. Hoyte van Hoytema, who collaborated with Nolan on Dunkirk, Tenet, and Oppenheimer, serves as the cinematographer.
In an interview with Empire, Nolan discusses the character of Odysseus: “I think Emily Wilson’s translation [of The Odyssey] begins with the line: ‘Tell me about a complicated man.’ His brilliance, cunning, ingenuity—those parts of his character were what fascinated me. He’s not just a soldier. He’s a master strategist, and he’s profoundly sly.”
New images and posters from Nolan’s The Odyssey have been unveiled in Empire magazine. One of the posters features a group of men by the sea carrying a wooden horse.
Nolan tells Empire that The Odyssey was filmed over 91 days, and that the IMAX footage amounts to two million feet—around 609 kilometers: “The actors playing the crew of Odysseus’ ship were on real waves, in real locations.”
He adds: “As a filmmaker, you look for gaps in film culture—things that haven’t been done before. And what I see are all the great mythological epics I grew up with—the Ray Harryhausen films (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and others—I’ve never seen those kinds of movies made with the scale and prestige that big Hollywood and IMAX productions can offer.”
Matt Damon says in another part of the interview that The Odyssey is a summer movie: “It’s exactly what you want from a summer film. It has to be wildly entertaining and feel mythic.”
The Odyssey will be released on July 17, 2026.
