How many feet of IMAX 70mm film were used to shoot The Odyssey (2026)?
Answer
Over 2 million feet
More than 2 million feet of IMAX 70mm film were used to shoot The Odyssey (2026).
The enormous quantity reflects the scale of the production and its commitment to shooting entirely with IMAX film cameras. The footage amounted to about 610 kilometres of film. The exposed negative was developed and processed at FotoKem in Burbank, California.
The cameras created a practical challenge because a single IMAX camera could hold only roughly three minutes of film. During longer scenes, actors sometimes had to pause while the camera was reloaded. This is different from digital cinematography, where recording capacity does not impose the same physical film-reel limitation.