As part of the promotional material for new release The Odyssey (and all of its many, many formats), Universal Pictures has been taking us inside some of the filming locations the actors and crew dove into to make the movie work fully on IMAX. From 45 minute walks in full costume from base camp, to entirely novel filming locations, the 2026 movie release is epic in scale, but it was one quiet moment that actually stood out to me while watching.
In one particular scene, Matt Damon's character is looking out from the boat onto the ocean, and a pod of dolphins jumps out of the water. Given we know the movie was filmed with minimal CGI, I actually had the thought while watching, “I wonder if this was just fortuitous timing?” Turns out, it was. It also turns out they had the IMAX camera on hand to record it. Take a look.
