Through a post on X, Universal also announced the release date: July 17, 2026
A title that says a lot and also a release date, Universal gives this Christmas gift to all the fans of Christopher Nolan, visionary English director and screenwriter, perhaps the most sought after in cinema worldwide. An author who throws down a challenge to history with his intention, today announced by the major, to confront theOdyssey by Omero, in theaters on 17 July 2026. Many were wondering what was boiling in the pot at Nolan, named Knight by King Charles just a few days ago, given that in the last two months only announcements of great faces of Hollywood cinema joining the cast of an opera have arrived in dribs and drabs of which nothing was known. Today that we have a title and that title projects us into a very specific and well-known imagination, the game becomes placing these actors in the roles of what is one of the greatest literary works born from the human mind. Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron, these are the names of the protagonists of the new film by the director who won an Oscar in 2024 for best film with Oppenheimer.
The blind-sighted deal with Tom Holland
A few weeks ago Tom Holland, the English actor who became a star after playing Spider-Man in the saga of Marvel Cinematic Universehost of the podcast The Dishadmitted to having signed the contract practically sight unseen. «To be perfectly honest – he said – I don't really know what it's about», but the signature arrived anyway and he had also admitted it last October to Good Morning America that in case of a call from Nolan he would have accepted at any price and without thinking. The call finally came: «It reminded me of the call for Spider-Man 10 years ago – he admitted – It's an incredible thing for me. I'm super proud and I'm really, really excited.”
