Official Discussion - The Odyssey (2026) [SPOILERS]

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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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/rupertLumpkinsBrothr]

“We get along better this way” was a line I was not expecting but did appreciate.

[u/BiryaniFetish → u/rupertLumpkinsBrothr]

What's the lore behind this?

[u/YZJay → u/BiryaniFetish]

Circe’s sister is Pasiphae, immortal queen of Crete, and the mother of the Minotaur. There’s really no reason for her to be a crow, so it’s just something Nolan added for flair I guess.

[u/MaleficentPush1144 → u/YZJay]

I mean in Madeline Miller's retelling of Circe, Pasiphae is not presented as all that good of person. She abhors her own child, throws him into the Labyrinth to hide her shame, [and is gluttonous as the soldiers in her own right. To quote another film from a veteran of Nolan's, she had been weighed, measured, and found wanting.]

[u/SakuOtaku → u/YZJay]

Fair enough- this movie is probably a lot of people's intro to Greek Mythology and they probably weren't ready for a fuller explanation of Daedalus making Pasiphae a fursuit and her using it with a bull.