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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Chris Tryhorn

Flogging a wooden horse: how faithful will Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey be?

THE ODYSSEYFilm still: Matt Damon is Odysseus in THE ODYSSEY, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
‘Will all the suitors be butchered?’ … Matt Damon is Odysseus. Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

The excitement around Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film of the Odyssey has been taken up a notch this week with the launch of a new trailer and the director appearing on Stephen Colbert’s US chatshow to give a rare interview.

With fresh information emerging about the film, which is scheduled to be released on 17 July, it’s worth taking stock of what we know about Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus. And how faithful to the original poem is it likely to be?

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