Who wrote and directed the 2026 film The Odyssey?

Christopher Nolan wrote and directed the 2026 film The Odyssey. The film is his adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, following Odysseus on his perilous journey home after the Trojan War and his attempt to reunite with Penelope in Ithaca.

The project reunites Nolan with his producing partner and wife, Emma Thomas, through their company Syncopy. It is being made for Universal Pictures and features Matt Damon as Odysseus, with Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya and Lupita Nyong’o among the principal cast. The planned release date is 17 July 2026.

Nolan’s version draws on the poem’s mythic material while presenting it as a large-scale action epic. The production has been notable for its worldwide filming locations and its reported use of IMAX 70 mm film cameras throughout, an unusually ambitious format choice for a fantasy adventure.

The title can cause confusion because Homer wrote the original Odyssey in antiquity, but this question concerns the modern film. Homer is the author of the source poem; Christopher Nolan is the writer-director of the 2026 screen adaptation.