Nolan is also behind epic films including “Inception,” “The Dark Knight,” “Dunkirk” and his most recent film “Oppenheimer,” which scored big at last year’s Oscars when it took home the trophy for best picture. Nolan won that award as a producer, and also took home the Academy Award for best director.

Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology.”

Christopher Nolan, the Academy Award-winning director of Oppenheimer, is again teaming up with Universal Pictures for a Homer-inspired epic, supposedly expanding his cinematic repertoire to the ancient world.

Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, 'The Odyssey,' is set to release on July 17, 2026. Based on Homer's epic poem, the movie features a star-studded cast and is produced by Universal Pictures. The film will be the first to bring Homer’s saga to the IMAX screen.

Christopher Nolan's next film 'The Odyssey' is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer's foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.— Universal Pictures (@UniversalPics) December 23, 2024

Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron will star in "The Odyssey," based on Homer's 24-part series that was written more than 2,000 years ago and which follows Odysseus,

Legendary director Christopher Nolan has a massive next film lined up that has everyone ready for its release.