The Odyssey Trailer

He conjured Victorian London in The Prestige and the Second World War in Dunkirk, now acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan journeys further back than ever before and into the mythic world of ancient Greece. The trailer for his adaptation of Homer’s epic introduces Matt Damon as Odysseus, king of Ithaca, whose triumphant victory at Troy is only the beginning. The premise is simple: get home. But homecoming is no small feat. His voyage becomes an ordeal that will test him to his absolute limit – and should he even reach Ithaca, more trouble lies in wait. The jaw-dropping trailer is a showcase of scale on every front, be it groundbreaking IMAX filmmaking, sweeping practical effects, and the pantheon of Hollywood big-hitters assembled in the cast. Joining Damon are Anne Hathaway as his steadfast wife, Penelope; Tom Holland as his son, Telemachus; and Robert Pattinson as his scheming suitor, Antinous. A mythological epic isn’t complete without its gods and monsters, and the trailer brings a first look at Zendaya’s Athena, Charlize Theron’s Calypso, and the fearsome cyclops. It’s the stuff of legend, experience it in cinemas July 17.