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  1. The Odyssey Dominates Korea Box Office as Admissions Top 10 Million

    The South Korean box office continues to be dominated by a single force as The Odyssey maintains its commanding lead. During the weekend of September 4 through 6, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole secured its fifth consecutive weekend victory....

    #ChristopherNolan #KimMijo #LeeJiwon #SpiderManBrandNewDay #TheOdyssey

    themovieblog.com/2026/09/the-o

  2. The Odyssey and Spider-Man propel record-breaking summer box office worldwide
    By Catherine Shoard

    The biggest May to September of all time was recorded in US cinemas, with the UK enjoying a 56% rise in audiences, outstripped by an 88% lift in the Middle East and Africa

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Filmindustry #TheOdyssey #SpiderManBrandNewDay #Business #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #CatherineShoard

  3. Imax Tops $600M In Q3 Box Office So Far On ‘The Odyssey’; CEO Shrugs Off Industry M&A – “Our Primary Relationships Are With Filmmakers”
    #News #IMAX #TheOdyssey

    deadline.com/2026/09/imax-q3-b

  4. The Odyssey Dominates Korea Box Office as Admissions Top 10 Million

    The South Korean box office continues to be dominated by a single force as The Odyssey maintains its commanding lead. During the weekend of September 4 through 6, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole secured its fifth consecutive weekend victory....

    #ChristopherNolan #KimMijo #LeeJiwon #SpiderManBrandNewDay #TheOdyssey

    themovieblog.com/2026/09/the-o

  5. ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle

    Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #Entertainment #Insidious:OutoftheFurther #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheEndofOakStreet #TheOdyssey
    newsbeep.com/us/841615/

  6. ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle

    Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #Entertainment #Insidious:OutoftheFurther #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheEndofOakStreet #TheOdyssey
    newsbeep.com/us/841615/

  7. ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle

    Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #Entertainment #Insidious:OutoftheFurther #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheEndofOakStreet #TheOdyssey #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/764822/

  8. ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle

    Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #AU #Australia #Entertainment #Insidious:outofthefurther #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheEndofOakStreet #theodyssey
    newsbeep.com/au/885406/

  9. ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle

    Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #AU #Australia #Entertainment #Insidious:outofthefurther #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheEndofOakStreet #theodyssey
    newsbeep.com/au/885406/

  10. The Odyssey Dominates Korea Box Office as Admissions Top 10 Million

    The South Korean box office continues to be dominated by a single force as The Odyssey maintains its commanding lead. During the weekend of September 4 through 6, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole secured its fifth consecutive weekend victory....

    #ChristopherNolan #KimMijo #LeeJiwon #SpiderManBrandNewDay #TheOdyssey

    themovieblog.com/2026/09/the-o

  11. Seit Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ende Juli in die Kinos gekommen ist, hat der Film das Box Office praktisch nach Belieben dominiert. #sfcd #spiderman #kino #cinema #TheOdyssey #boxoffice

    Das Box Office im September: S...

  12. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheOdyssey #BoxOffice 114 Years Later, ‘The Odyssey’ Is Officially Making Hollywood History dlvr.it/TVMvnk

  13. ‘Odyssey’ Beats ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ At Global Weekend Box Office As Web Slinger Remains No. 3 All-Time With $2.4B WW – Global Box Office
    #News #SpiderManBrandNewDay #TheOdyssey

    deadline.com/2026/09/box-offic

  14. Robert Pattinson says he had ‘twice as much time’ after birth of first child
    By Philip Oltermann in Venice

    Actor says of busy 2026 in which he has had several big roles: ‘Once you start spinning plates, it gets quite addictive’

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Venicefilmfestival #RobertPattinson #TheOdyssey #TheDrama #Film #Festivals #Culture #TheGuardian #PhilipOltermanninVenice

  15. Robert Pattinson shares what it was like switching between "Batman," "Dune," "The Odyssey" and "Primetime" - which he is premiering in Venice. #RobertPattinson #VeniceFilmFestival #Batman #Dune #TheOdyssey

  16. The Odysseyta kuvattiin miehitetyllä maalla – Kuvitelkaa sama Ukrainaan, sanoo pakolaisleirin kasvatti

    The Odyssey -elokuvaa kuvattiin miehitetyllä maalla, jonne vievät eurooppalaiset lomalennot ja Trump-valtatie.

    yle.fi/a/74-20243731

    #Kansainvälinenpolitiikka #Länsisahara #Marokko #Pohjoisafrikka #Afrikka #Elokuvat #Kulttuuri #Theodyssey #Miehitys #Matkailu #Sahrawit #Polisario #Donaldtrump #Christophernolan #Ulkomaat

  17. Like everybody, I'm reading Emily Wilson's translation of "The Odyssey." Part of her intro turns on questions as old as time—& as new as ICE.

    Odysseus sorts people into "lawless aggressors" & "people who welcome strangers…[T]he willingness to welcome strangers is enough to guarantee that a person or culture can be counted as law-abiding and 'civilized'…[T]he laws of hospitality are what stave off a world where men kill those who are different from themselves."

    #TheOdyssey #Politics #AbolishICE

  18. Coyote vs Acme No. 2 at Box Office; Spider-Man Tops Titanic, Dog Stars

    It might not have been quite the show of emphatic box office support that Looney Tunes fans hoped…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #boxoffice #buddy #CoyoteVs.Acme #Headlines #Insidious:OutoftheFurther #JacobElordi #JohnCena #LanaCondor #LooneyTunes #RidleyScott #Spider-Man:BrandNewDay #TheDogStars #TheOdyssey #Titanic #TomHolland #TopStories #WillForte
    newsbeep.com/712402/

  19. Author Jeremy Harding on the politics of film location shoots.

    "In The Odyssey, Nolan alludes to the ills of colonial adventure, but he had no qualms about filming in Western Sahara. Sahrawi independence activists and artists tried to approach the production team during the shoot and plead for a reappraisal but they were kept at bay by Moroccan security.

    But Western Sahara is not Morocco and Nolan crossed a line. Would he cross another, a few years down the road, if Israel and the Board of Peace (© Donald Trump) offered him access, with IDF security, to the photogenic ruins of Gaza for a film version of Samson Agonistes?"

    #WestSahara #Sahrawi #Colonialism #Indigenous #Film #Cinema #TheOdyssey #FrancisFordCoppola #ApocalypseNow #ChristopherNolan
    lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/august/a-s

  20. The Odyssey: Lots of Good Stuff, Some Bad Stuff as Well 🔱

    What’s likely to be the biggest cinematic hit of 2026 is Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey. Anyone and everyone have already said their bit about the film, but we’ve decided to crop up with our opinions all the same!

    At nearly three hours it’s a monstrous undertaking. Unquestionably a mighty cinematic experience in IMAX, it does also suffer from stumbling stuff that drags it down, but all of it adds up to a glorious time of it. We had fun.

    Guilt and PTSD in The Odyssey

    Right. You probably know the plot already as this is adapted from Homer’s ancient Greek poem of the same name. Christopher Nolan has taken various liberties with the text, but the thrust of the story is sort of the same.

    Star, front and centre, is Odysseus (Matt Damon) the King of the island of Ithaca. He’s been away from home for 20 years as he’s been battling it out during the Trojan War of 12th century BC.

    After winning in a thrilling, last ditch Trojan Horse war move thing, it’s now left to Odysseus and his men to finally head on home. His wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) tentatively awaits him, in his absence she’s barely able to hold off 100 suitors eager to take Odysseus’s throne.

    But on the way back, Odysseus hits a series of relentless problems that escalate steadily into increasingly disastrous nightmares. As each episode plays out, the reality of the previous decade weighs heavily on his mind.

    For Nolan’s Odyssey, it sees Odysseus become mired in an increasing sense of PTSD. The reality of war plays on his consience to the extent he questions whether he even wants to return home.

    Hmmm! Well, there aren’t any official scenes available on YouTube yet, but you can get a great sense of the film with some sequences in the below.

    Okay, the great stuff sits with the set pieces. The cyclops, the giant dudes in armoured plating, the Trojan Horse build-up and battle sequence, and Circe the witch are all goddamn outstanding.

    It’s up to you which is best of the lot, but for us it’s the Trojan Horse stuff. Nolan at his absolute best and one of the best cinematic moments we’ve ever seen.

    However, quite a chunk of The Odyssey is also a bit on the flat side of things. Some of the acting and casting are questionable (we’re looking at you Tom Holland), the script can be Mickey Mouse, plus there are big chunks of dull stuff. Mainly anything involving Tom Holland’s bland performance.

    Plus, the super talented Mia Goth is in this film and she’s utterly wasted with almost no screen time or character development. As is the case for the excellent Robert Pattinson, whose Antinous is the main antagonist but 97% of the time is only ever in one room whilst grimacing.

    It’s almost like Nolan should have spread this out into two films to properly develop out the story. To get everything into three hours was hellish ambitious of him and it often works, but for us this isn’t a 5/5.

    It’s a very good film all the same. Highly recommended you see it in IMAX as this is the whole point. Take in the full cinematic spectacle, revel in the set pieces, and don’t get too upset about the story dwindling around a little bit. Well done to Mr. Nolan, he’s got people interested in history!

    A Quick Note on Odyssey’s Soundtrack

    Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson handled the music for Nolan’s latest film. The result is often very beautiful, he went to great lengths to use musical instruments that were around in antiquity.

    This meant his team had to bring many of them back to life, re-inventing instruments that haven’t been around in thousands of years. That included an ancient lyre and aulos (a wind instrument). Hurling in Albanian iso-polyphony choral music over the top and it’s quite distinct as a soundtrack, although does lapse into bombast when it needs to.

    Our favourite pieces? Sirens above is eerie and fabulous, then you’ve got the lush Ithaca theme below.

    The sound effects in the film are frequently deafening, too. In IMAX, the scream from Polyphemus the cyclops registers in at 125 decibels. That’s the loudest scream in modern cinema and up there with Roger Daltrey’s big moment in The Who’s hit single Won’t Get Fooled Again (for reference).

    Anyway, full credit to Ludwig Göransson as he does create some excellent moments with his score. Although, following Nolan’s lead, he’s often left to produce less intriguing pieces than the above.

    The Production of The Odyssey

    Okay, so this launched on 17th July 2026 and is still very much in cinemas. It’s just had its IMAX run extended into at least September as the tickets keep fully booking out. It’s really triggered a big response from the public, many of whom will experience the glory of IMAX for the first time.

    It’s like being hit by a sledgehammer of cinematic spectacle and that’s why we love it.

    The downside? It’s had a tedious backlash from the alt-right (headed by Elon Musk), who claim the film is whitewashing “history”. Their main beef is it’s “woke” as it was a trans actor in a small role and Helen of Troy is Lupita Nyong’o (i.e. not white). The hysterical meltdown they’ve had about it has done nothing to dent global box office figures. The film has already made $1.301 billion off its $250 million budget.

    Go woke, go broke indeed…

    As for the production cycle, following Nolan’s last film (2023’s Oppenheimer) he hadn’t worked out what to do next. Once decided, he went on to write the screenplay for The Odyssey and take on directing duties.

    The shoot last for 91 days across February and August of 2025. He worked so effectively everything wrapped nine days ahead of schedule! Despite shoots taking place all over the shop, including locations such as Morocco, Western Sahara, Greece, Italy, Scotland, and the US.

    Nolan is famous for embracing practical effects, so pretty much everything you see in the film most definitely isn’t CGI. That included building a 30ft cyclops for that scene, plus setting 5ft stunt actors against 7ft ones for others.

    The Odyssey is almost certain to win a big bunch of Oscars. No way a film earning this much, and getting so much internal attention, isn’t going to win a load of them. Watch this space in 2027 then for the Academy Awards.

    #Antiquity #ChristopherNolan #Cinema #Films #History #Homer #IMAX #Lifestyle #MattDamon #Movies #Odysseus #Odyssey #TheOdyssey
  21. "The world views America as the barbarians. We are the country that takes what we want and demand tribute from those without the strength to resist." —Ezra Klein

    youtu.be/livIbni7x7o

    #TheOdyssey #EzraKlein #ElonMusk #HerrPlugs #Trump #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #Film #HalfHeartedFanatic

  22. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheOdyssey #DunePartTwo Zendaya Officially Crowned Queen of the Box Office With ‘The Odyssey’s Latest Milestone dlvr.it/TTp1w8