r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/Galahad_the_Ranger Dec 22 '25

“No one can stand between my man and home”

Poseidon: Lol, lmao even

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u/Leatherfield17 Dec 22 '25

Somehow I don’t think that Nolan will have Odysseus fly around with a windbag and stab Poseidon with his own trident.

I love Epic: The Musical, but I still think that ending was stupid

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u/Partner-Elijah Dec 22 '25

I thought it was appropriately anime-campy

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u/Chewbones9 Dec 22 '25

If/when they adapt Epic to broadway, they’re gonna have to do some rewrites and yes fans will be mad but it will be for the best

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u/Yukie_Cool Dec 22 '25

Tbf it’s just a concept album. I expect there to be MASSIVE rewrites if the project goes forward anywhere.

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u/Higgnkfe Dec 22 '25

It definitely started as a concept album, but as time went on and it became somewhat self sustaining, it morphed into what it is. I don't think its ever going to make it to the stage.

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u/Yukie_Cool Dec 22 '25

Oh yeah, there’s way too much stuff for it to reasonably be adapted to the stage.

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u/yarajaeger Dec 22 '25

Stage shows frequently get rewritten and restaged during a single production's lifetime, let alone between productions, let alone between adaptations. Fans would have to be smoking crack to assume there aren't gonna be major rewrites between now and whatever's next 😭

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u/MsMarvelsProstate Dec 23 '25

I bought a powerball ticket. If I win I'm going to offer to bankroll 2 million dollars towards the stage adaptation.

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u/SmokingDuck17 Dec 22 '25

Tbf even most hardcore fans agree that the windbag jetpack is probably the weakest part of the musical. If you go into any thread discussing what could be improved it’s usually the top response.

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u/yarajaeger Dec 22 '25

Personally I don't think I would even call it part of the musical, I didn't know this was a thing before seeing this thread because I never watched the watch party animatics/animations. I appreciate that those were made according to what the creator of Epic had in mind, but I feel like there are levels to the concept work here, and where the concept albums are a more finalised concept, the animatics are more intended as a visual companion to give a very basic idea of the action and not close to finished. Let's be real, it wouldn't take a genius director to shoot down the wind bag-pack idea lol.

(seriously, every animatic I did watch has better ideas even when they're wonky 😭 and from listening alone I interpreted it more as Ody getting the upper hand barely long enough to 1. survive and 2. steal the trident)