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\n\tThe replica Viking ship used in Christopher Nolan\u2018s blockbuster\u00a0The Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0has become the subject of a dispute between its Swedish owners and Universal Pictures over who should pay for repairs after filming.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe nonprofit V\u00e4rmlands Vikingacenter says its 17.5-meter replica warship,\u00a0Glad av Gillberga<\/em>, returned from production in need of repairs including a cracked hull and damaged rigging. According to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, the organization invoiced Universal roughly $6,000 for repair materials, but says the bill remains unpaid. The center says it did not charge for labor.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tUniversal has a different version.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOur records show that all invoices relating to the\u00a0Glad av Gillberga<\/em>\u00a0were paid in full, including repairs,\u201d a studio spokesperson told\u00a0The Times<\/em>. \u201cThe studio and the production have contacted the association to clear up any misunderstanding.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe vessel was hired in late 2024 by a production operating under the working title\u00a0Charlie\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0and appeared as one of the escort ships in the film\u2018s Viking flotilla. The Odyssey, which opened in theaters on July 17, grossed more than $264 million worldwide during its opening weekend. The rental agreement reportedly required the production to return the ship in good condition or pay for damage beyond ordinary wear and tear.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tBuilt in 1998 using traditional methods,\u00a0Glad av Gillberga<\/em>\u00a0has sailed the North Sea, the Baltic, and even crossed the Atlantic. It is typically used for educational programs and tourist excursions, but the Viking center says the damage has kept the ship out of service this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPeter Olausson, chairman of the V\u00e4rmlands Vikingacenter, told\u00a0The Art Newspaper\u00a0<\/em>on Friday that discussions with Universal were in the works.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThey have paid us the rental money in full but not resolved the repair invoice,\u201d Olausson said, adding that he remained hopeful the matter would be settled.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe epic has been the target of an onslaught of internet critiques, most centered on its perceived historical inaccuracies. \u201cThe point of myth is that it\u2019s supposed to feel timeless,\u201d Dimitri Nakassis, an expert in the Greek Late Bronze Age and professor of classics at the University of Colorado Boulder told\u00a0ARTnews,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cthe Greeks messed around with myths all the time, including those around the Trojan War.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/the-odyssey-viking-ship-universal-repair-dispute-1234793353\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2285616799.jpg?w=1024″] The replica Viking ship used in Christopher Nolan\u2018s blockbuster\u00a0The Odyssey\u00a0has become the subject of a dispute between its Swedish owners and Universal Pictures over who should pay for repairs after filming.\u00a0 The nonprofit V\u00e4rmlands Vikingacenter says its 17.5-meter replica warship,\u00a0Glad av Gillberga, returned from production in need of repairs including a cracked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-2062005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062005","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=2062005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2062005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2062005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2062005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}