Christopher Nolan works “as an independent director, but with a crazy cash”

John Leguizamo is in the casting of the Odyssey, and he delivers his impressions live behind the scenes.

With his next film, Christopher Nolan once again promises to see things big: its adaptation of the classic of Homer, Odysseywill be carried by the biggest stars of all Hollywood: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson … turned in Europe and North Africa, in natural sets reminiscent of the atmosphere of ancient Greece as much as possible, it will be turned with a minimum of special effects, even to create the most spectacular creatures of mythology.

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Following the cardboard full of Oppenheimer, who won nearly a billion dollars in world box office revenue before triumphing at the Oscars, Universal is once again putting on the English filmmaker: the budget of Odyssey would amount to $ 250 million. One of the casting members, John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge !, Incant…), said at the micro of Morning Joe of MSNBC that Nolan succeeds despite his ambitions to give the production an independent film atmosphere:

“Dude, you know what it is: okay he has a crazy budget, it’s not a small production, but he manages it as an independent film because he does not do so on request, he does not do it according to what the studio would dictate. He works like an independent director, but with a crazy cash.”

Presented as “A mythical epic of action turned around the world using a whole new IMAX film technology”the film must be released on July 15, 2026 in France.

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