{"id":2043276,"date":"2026-07-14T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043276"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:17:05","slug":"the-odyssey-movie-rival-launches-this-year-made-entirely-by-ai-but-based-on-its-first-trailer-christopher-nolan-has-nothing-to-worry-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043276","title":{"rendered":"The Odyssey Movie Rival Launches This Year, Made Entirely by AI \u2014 But Based on Its First Trailer, Christopher Nolan Has Nothing to Worry About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-862658659 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/the-odyssey-2026\">The Odyssey<\/a> will be rivalled by another movie of the ancient Greek epic this year \u2014 made entirely by AI.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">An announcement teaser trailer for Odysseus: The Fall went live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c75yg7_zLRE\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> today from director Ash Koosha, whose previous AI work Dreams of Violets managed to get selected by this year&#8217;s Tribeca Film Festival. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Reaction to the trailer has not been kind \u2014 and it is easy to see why. Deliberately designed to release up against Nolan&#8217;s long-awaited own take on The Odyssey, this AI version can only pale in comparison, without the star power of Hollywood actors, the ability to consistently render characters who actually look the same throughout, or indeed feature any shots longer than a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The trailer, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/ai-generated-feature-odysseus-the-fall-1236646751\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> states is designed as a showcase for AI film company Fountain0, features all sorts of AI weirdness: from jerkily moving characters to poor lip syncing, and voices that sound like they&#8217;re talking into a tin can. <\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Odyssey Cast and Characters: Who&#8217;s Who in the Christopher Nolan Film<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Damon as Odysseus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nMatt Damon stars in Nolan\u2019s adaptation of The Odyssey, playing Odysseus himself. Damon\u2019s name was the first to appear when word of this project surfaced, and his appearance in The Odyssey will mark the third time the Academy Award-winning actor has worked with Nolan following Interstellar and Oppenheimer. Odysseus, of course, is the Greek king of Ithaca who has been absent from his home for 20 years, having spent the first 10 years fighting (and winning via Trojan Horse) the Trojan War, and the latter 10 years trying and failing -- after landing on the bad side of the god Poseidon -- to get back home.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Holland as Telemachus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nTom Holland, Spider-Man himself, plays Odysseus\u2019 son Telemachus. Telemachus never knew his father, who has been gone since he was a baby, and as he transitions into manhood he is confronted by the suitors -- the various men of Ithaca and the surrounding area who are vying to marry Telemachus&apos; mother, Penelope, and inherit Odysseus&apos; land, home, possessions, and fortune. One of the lead suitors in the film is Robert Pattinson&apos;s Antinous.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 20 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anne Hathaway as Penelope\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nAcademy Award winner Anne Hathaway is another member of this cast who has worked with Nolan more than once, as she starred in both The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar. Here she plays Odysseus&apos; long-suffering wife Penelope, who doesn&apos;t know what happened to her husband after he left for Troy 20 years ago, but now must contend with the suitors who want to marry her... and perhaps want even more to supplant Odysseus as the ruler of Ithaca. Penelope attempts to keep the suitors at bay but is running out of options when the story starts.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Pattinson as Antinous\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nRobert Pattinson, who starred alongside John David Washington in Nolan\u2019s Tenet, plays the chief suitor, Antinous. As the second trailer indicates, Antinous has it out for Telemachus, who he sees as standing in his way to getting to Penelope -- and Odysseus&apos; inheritance. Too bad for Antinous that Odysseus is far from dead...\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charlize Theron as Calypso\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nCharlize Theron is another Oscar-winning addition to the cast of The Odyssey. She plays Calypso, the nymph who forces Odysseus to live with her on the island of Ogygia for seven years. If he stays, she will give him immortality, but he is driven to return to his family back on Ithaca.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jon Bernthal as Menelaus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nJon Bernthal won\u2019t only be appearing alongside Tom Holland as The Punisher in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but he&apos;s also playing Menelaus in Nolan&apos;s film. The character is the brother of Agamemnon -- the leader of all the Greeks -- and the king of Sparta, and he also happens to be one of the reasons the Trojan War happened in the first place, as the Greeks set out to attack Troy after Menelaus&apos; wife Helen was kidnapped\/made off with Paris, one of the princes of Troy. Bad idea.\nLupita Nyong\u2019o (rumored to be playing Helen of Troy)\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Koosha&#8217;s previous film Dreams of Violets was an interesting experiment in making a 70-odd minute feature within the constraints of AI generation. Odysseus: The Fall, however, appears to be trying to ignore those same restraints for a 135-minute feature that wants to try and rival an actual blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Me: Mom, can we watch The Odyssey? Mom: We have Odyssey at home,&#8221; reads one YouTube comment on the trailer.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;We are entering the era of the Slopbuster,&#8221; reads another. &#8220;The mockbuster&#8217;s final form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I like that we never got a shot over three seconds, no establishing shot of the main character or the purpose of the plot, such banger dialogue such as &#8216;The gods hates you,&#8217; that the cyclops looks nothing like a cyclops and that both the fresh eye wound looks decades old and he changes design radically between the dungeon and on the beach (where he is facing away from the water while cursing Odysseus),&#8221; wrote a third. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\">\n<div class=\"card jsx-1339469126 jsx-1355461925 box jsx-2627838217 poll-content-block\" 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class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1945348876\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2624643483 jsx-4255654680 poll-controls\"><button class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-2267841559 contained disabled full-width large\" disabled type=\"submit\" data-cy=\"poll-answer-btn\">Answer<\/button><button class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button jsx-3381835873 jsx-1624977611 nav next-button small\" title=\"See Results\" aria-label=\"See Results\" data-cy=\"see-results-btn\"><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-align:right\">See Results<\/span><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-4173866675\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" aria-label=\"See Results\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-says-ai-slop-is-being-utterly-rejected-by-younger-audiences\">Nolan himself recently addressed the topic of &#8220;AI slop&#8221;<\/a>, and said he believed audiences still had the capacity to enjoy a three-hour Greek epic featuring actual human actors. &#8220;I\u2019ve never seen a more rapid wholesale dismissal of a supposedly foundational jump in technology in my lifetime,&#8221; Nolan said of the growing AI backlash. &#8220;So much energy has been expended on bringing in AI, but if you look at that generation\u2019s reaction, they\u2019re utterly rejecting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-odysseys-runtime-revealed-one-of-christopher-nolans-longest-films\"><u>2 hours and 53 minutes of The Odyssey<\/u><\/a> will set sail when it comes to theaters July 17, 2026. In addition to its star-studded cast, fans can expect a film that Nolan says he <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/theres-a-lot-of-elevating-it-because-its-old-the-odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-set-out-to-do-away-with-cultural-prejudice-around-how-we-view-the-ancient-world\"><u>crafted to &#8220;do away&#8221; with &#8220;cultural prejudices&#8221; about the ancient world<\/u><\/a>. It will also feature <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/matt-damon-says-christopher-nolan-filmed-a-60-foot-cyclops-puppet-in-a-real-life-cave-for-the-odyssey-rather-than-just-relying-on-cgi\"><u>an enormous practical Cyclops<\/u><\/a>. There&#8217;s no word yet on exactly when Odysseus: The Fall will debut, though it&#8217;ll cost $9.99 to rent from Fountain0 when it does.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/the-odyssey-2026\">The Odyssey<\/a> will be rivalled by another movie of the ancient Greek epic this year \u2014 made entirely by AI.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">An announcement teaser trailer for Odysseus: The Fall went live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c75yg7_zLRE\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> today from director Ash Koosha, whose previous AI work Dreams of Violets managed to get selected by this year&#8217;s Tribeca Film Festival. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Reaction to the trailer has not been kind \u2014 and it is easy to see why. Deliberately designed to release up against Nolan&#8217;s long-awaited own take on The Odyssey, this AI version can only pale in comparison, without the star power of Hollywood actors, the ability to consistently render characters who actually look the same throughout, or indeed feature any shots longer than a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The trailer, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/ai-generated-feature-odysseus-the-fall-1236646751\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> states is designed as a showcase for AI film company Fountain0, features all sorts of AI weirdness: from jerkily moving characters to poor lip syncing, and voices that sound like they&#8217;re talking into a tin can. <\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Odyssey Cast and Characters: Who&#8217;s Who in the Christopher Nolan Film<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Damon as Odysseus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nMatt Damon stars in Nolan\u2019s adaptation of The Odyssey, playing Odysseus himself. Damon\u2019s name was the first to appear when word of this project surfaced, and his appearance in The Odyssey will mark the third time the Academy Award-winning actor has worked with Nolan following Interstellar and Oppenheimer. Odysseus, of course, is the Greek king of Ithaca who has been absent from his home for 20 years, having spent the first 10 years fighting (and winning via Trojan Horse) the Trojan War, and the latter 10 years trying and failing -- after landing on the bad side of the god Poseidon -- to get back home.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Holland as Telemachus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nTom Holland, Spider-Man himself, plays Odysseus\u2019 son Telemachus. Telemachus never knew his father, who has been gone since he was a baby, and as he transitions into manhood he is confronted by the suitors -- the various men of Ithaca and the surrounding area who are vying to marry Telemachus&apos; mother, Penelope, and inherit Odysseus&apos; land, home, possessions, and fortune. One of the lead suitors in the film is Robert Pattinson&apos;s Antinous.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 20 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anne Hathaway as Penelope\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nAcademy Award winner Anne Hathaway is another member of this cast who has worked with Nolan more than once, as she starred in both The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar. Here she plays Odysseus&apos; long-suffering wife Penelope, who doesn&apos;t know what happened to her husband after he left for Troy 20 years ago, but now must contend with the suitors who want to marry her... and perhaps want even more to supplant Odysseus as the ruler of Ithaca. Penelope attempts to keep the suitors at bay but is running out of options when the story starts.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Pattinson as Antinous\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nRobert Pattinson, who starred alongside John David Washington in Nolan\u2019s Tenet, plays the chief suitor, Antinous. As the second trailer indicates, Antinous has it out for Telemachus, who he sees as standing in his way to getting to Penelope -- and Odysseus&apos; inheritance. Too bad for Antinous that Odysseus is far from dead...\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charlize Theron as Calypso\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nCharlize Theron is another Oscar-winning addition to the cast of The Odyssey. She plays Calypso, the nymph who forces Odysseus to live with her on the island of Ogygia for seven years. If he stays, she will give him immortality, but he is driven to return to his family back on Ithaca.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jon Bernthal as Menelaus\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nJon Bernthal won\u2019t only be appearing alongside Tom Holland as The Punisher in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but he&apos;s also playing Menelaus in Nolan&apos;s film. The character is the brother of Agamemnon -- the leader of all the Greeks -- and the king of Sparta, and he also happens to be one of the reasons the Trojan War happened in the first place, as the Greeks set out to attack Troy after Menelaus&apos; wife Helen was kidnapped\/made off with Paris, one of the princes of Troy. Bad idea.\nLupita Nyong\u2019o (rumored to be playing Helen of Troy)\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Koosha&#8217;s previous film Dreams of Violets was an interesting experiment in making a 70-odd minute feature within the constraints of AI generation. Odysseus: The Fall, however, appears to be trying to ignore those same restraints for a 135-minute feature that wants to try and rival an actual blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Me: Mom, can we watch The Odyssey? Mom: We have Odyssey at home,&#8221; reads one YouTube comment on the trailer.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;We are entering the era of the Slopbuster,&#8221; reads another. &#8220;The mockbuster&#8217;s final form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I like that we never got a shot over three seconds, no establishing shot of the main character or the purpose of the plot, such banger dialogue such as &#8216;The gods hates you,&#8217; that the cyclops looks nothing like a cyclops and that both the fresh eye wound looks decades old and he changes design radically between the dungeon and on the beach (where he is facing away from the water while cursing Odysseus),&#8221; wrote a third. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\">\n<div class=\"card jsx-1339469126 jsx-1355461925 box jsx-2627838217 poll-content-block\" 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data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-says-ai-slop-is-being-utterly-rejected-by-younger-audiences\">Nolan himself recently addressed the topic of &#8220;AI slop&#8221;<\/a>, and said he believed audiences still had the capacity to enjoy a three-hour Greek epic featuring actual human actors. &#8220;I\u2019ve never seen a more rapid wholesale dismissal of a supposedly foundational jump in technology in my lifetime,&#8221; Nolan said of the growing AI backlash. &#8220;So much energy has been expended on bringing in AI, but if you look at that generation\u2019s reaction, they\u2019re utterly rejecting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-odysseys-runtime-revealed-one-of-christopher-nolans-longest-films\"><u>2 hours and 53 minutes of The Odyssey<\/u><\/a> will set sail when it comes to theaters July 17, 2026. In addition to its star-studded cast, fans can expect a film that Nolan says he <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/theres-a-lot-of-elevating-it-because-its-old-the-odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-set-out-to-do-away-with-cultural-prejudice-around-how-we-view-the-ancient-world\"><u>crafted to &#8220;do away&#8221; with &#8220;cultural prejudices&#8221; about the ancient world<\/u><\/a>. It will also feature <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/matt-damon-says-christopher-nolan-filmed-a-60-foot-cyclops-puppet-in-a-real-life-cave-for-the-odyssey-rather-than-just-relying-on-cgi\"><u>an enormous practical Cyclops<\/u><\/a>. There&#8217;s no word yet on exactly when Odysseus: The Fall will debut, though it&#8217;ll cost $9.99 to rent from Fountain0 when it does.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey will be rivalled by another movie of the ancient Greek epic this year \u2014 made entirely by AI. An announcement teaser trailer for Odysseus: The Fall went live on YouTube today from director Ash Koosha, whose previous AI work Dreams of Violets managed to get selected by this year&#8217;s Tribeca Film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-2043276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2043276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2043276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2043276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2043276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}