
Hollywood’s summer movie season is shaping up to be epic.
There are superheroes, franchises and thrillers galore with many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It’s one of the oldest stories in Western literature. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” is sailing into theaters, on much smoother waters than Odysseus faced, on July 17.