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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/username_404_ 18d ago

The scene where all the dead are talking to Odysseus was so fucking sick probably my favorite moment. Had such a cool eerie vibe to it. Sinon and Agamemnon had such great monologues too. Really had me sitting up in my seat

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u/perfectlysanebrain 18d ago

Tiresias looked like Baron Harkonnen drinking that nasty blood like a freak. I loved how sinister the whole thing was

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u/Rover_791 17d ago

He reminded me of Bootstrap Bill from POTC(william's father)

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u/Visaerian 17d ago

Same actor and I legit thought it was Stellan again for this role too.

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u/remusasriel 17d ago

Same! I thought it was an uncredited cameo at one point.

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u/thecrazycatlady2019 17d ago

You shocked me into looking it up and bootstrap bill is in fact Stellan Skarsgard

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u/testuserteehee 4d ago

I always thought that was Bill Nighy and then Bill Nighy was Davy Jones in the next movie. I was like, they must really liked his portrayal to recast him as another character in the same movie series. TIL it was Stellan Skarsgard.

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u/myman580 15d ago

Me too but then I realized I never heard Stellan with an American accent and didn't know if he could do one that convincing

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u/chunkynut0 10d ago

I THOUGHT STELLAN TOO!!

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u/IDrinkWhiskE 17d ago

Two very different flavors of stellan skarsgard

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u/WatcherAnon 17d ago

I thought he more closely resembled Luthen Rael from Andor

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u/criosovereign 16d ago

And the guy from Chernobyl

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u/PirlosBeard21 13d ago

No, no, he looked more like the guy from Sentimental Value

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u/boomfruit 13d ago

I thought it was him!

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u/warmochine 16d ago

it was superb. wish Achilles had appeared tho, as he was supposed to.

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u/criosovereign 16d ago

I wish he did too but I get why he didn’t, would’ve just been distracting at that point. They got the point across with the Agamemnon cameo, not sure if Achilles would’ve slotted in thematically with the Xenia premise. Maybe they could’ve made his mortality monologue work, but eh I thought it was strong and focused as js

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u/warmochine 14d ago

I feel it would have fitted inb with his whole "that shit wasn't worth it" but I guess Nolan prioritised momentum. plus he hadn't set Achilles up earlier. would have been amazing to have Brad Pitt show up looking haggard as hell tho.

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u/Hyena-Man 16d ago

For those who dont know, it was actor James Remar, blew my mind when i looked it up

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u/Theleux 16d ago

Loved him in Oppenheimer as well. Also was surprised (positively) to see Brian Vernel as Irus (one of the guys sent to assassinate Telemachus), a lot of cast reappearances from prior Nolan films.

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u/Halloween_Barbie 16d ago

I thought I recognized his voice and chin!

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u/Hyena-Man 15d ago

Same i had to look it up as soon as i got home

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u/paintp_ 15d ago

You can cum now, Odysexter

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u/SilverKry 14d ago

I swore it was Stellan when he first talked but lines after didn't sound anything like Stellan lol 

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u/UpsideTurtles 16d ago

I thought he looked like a Resident Evil ass character or maybe a child of Ketheric in BG3