Universal releases latest trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 5
Universal releases latest trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
20 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 5
The footage-heavy preview drew fresh debate over American accents and contemporary dialogue in the ancient Greece-set epic, with Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson among those sounding distinctly American.
Fans praised the film's scale and starry cast, but online comments said lines such as Odysseus shouting "Let's go!" felt jarringly modern for a Homer adaptation.
The choice breaks with Hollywood's usual British-accent convention for historical epics; the IMAX-shot film, based on Odysseus's return after Troy, is due in cinemas on 17 July.
With a $250M budget and a Spider-Man rival, can 'The Odyssey' prove original blockbusters can still dominate Hollywood?
Can Nolan’s realistic take on Greek myth succeed, or will it lose the magic that defined Homer's epic for centuries?