The Odyssey: Book vs. Movie
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026) adapts Homer's epic poem, with Matt Damon as Odysseus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope. The story follows the king of Ithaca's long journey home after the Trojan War.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Homer
- Pages
- 592Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 13 hr 32 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Claire Danes
- Series
- Epic Cycle
With the Trojan War over, Odysseus struggles to reach Ithaca through encounters with monsters, enchantments and hostile gods. At home, suitors consume his household's wealth while pressing his wife, Penelope, to marry, and their son, Telemachus, searches for news of his father. Homer's epic poem follows a family separated by war and the difficult journey toward reclaiming a home.
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 2 hr 52 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson
- Genre
- action, adventure, epic, fantasy, historical
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Odysseus leaves the ruins of the Trojan War determined to see his wife and son again, but the voyage home brings dangers his army cannot simply defeat. Across the sea, Penelope faces men seeking her hand and control of Ithaca, while Telemachus grows up without his father. Their separated lives depend on a return that becomes less certain with every delay.
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