Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is An Adaptation Of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey,’ Universal Reveals

I don't see any Greek names in the casting! Nolan not Woke?

I don't recall any Africans in Homer's works either. Long way up the Nile to find someone so black.

https://deadline.com/2024/12/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-confirmed-directors-new-film-universal-1236241340/

Tom Holland, take note: Christopher Nolan‘s new film for Universal is The Odyssey, an adaptation of the epic poem composed by Homer around the 8th century BCE, the studio has revealed.

The ancient Greek poem is one of the foundational texts of Western literature. It tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, exploring themes of heroism, loyalty, cunning, and the struggle against divine will. The tale includes iconic episodes like his encounters with the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, culminating in his reunion with his wife, Penelope.

While this would be a notable adaptation of the text, the poem has previously served as source material for, among many other works, the 1954 Italian film Ulysses, directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas, as well as the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Armand Assante. Currently, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche can be seen playing Odysseus and Penelope in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, which Bleecker Street released earlier this month following the film’s TIFF unveiling. Also drawing inspiration from the poem were James Joyce’s Ulysses, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, Ulysses’ Gaze from Theo Angelopoulos, Cold Mountain (both novel and film), The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Star Trek: Odyssey [Fan youtube series!].