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As Christopher Nolan took him connected The Odyssey, Matt Damon had to study to execute for a caller medium.
The Oscar-winning character precocious elaborate immoderate of nan challenges of filming a movie wholly connected Imax cameras, which had ne'er been done earlier nan Nolan-helmed adjustment of Homer’s 8th period BC epic poem.
“On this one, it was 100 percent connected Imax,” he said connected nan New Heights podcast. “It was nan first movie that was ever done each connected Imax. Imax cameras are really loud. It sounds for illustration a blender, for illustration a Cuisinart successful your look erstwhile nan camera’s adjacent to you. So there’s ne'er been these speech [scenes successful Imax]. We couldn’t person this speech pinch a normal Imax camera because you wouldn’t beryllium capable to perceive us.”
Damon added, “They built this elephantine point astir nan Imax for those speech scenes and a strategy of mirrors truthful your eyeline would beryllium adjacent to nan camera and you could talk to nan different actor. The magnitude of activity that went into figuring retired really to do [that], because he wanted to do 100 percent Imax, and he did it!”
Imax CEO Rich Gelfond antecedently recalled that Nolan contacted him astir a twelvemonth earlier filming, telling him he wanted to shoot The Odyssey 100% connected Imax.
“That couldn’t beryllium done for a batch of reasons,” said Gelfond, adding: “There were tons of issues.”
Gelfond said Nolan told him, “‘I’m going to springiness you a challenge. If you tin fig retired really to lick these problems, I’m going to make Odyssey 100% movie pinch Imax cameras,’ and we’ve solved his problems. So, this will beryllium nan first movie ever, astatine slightest filmed 100%, pinch Imax cameras.”
An adjustment of 1 of nan first stories successful quality history, The Odyssey follows Odysseus (Damon) done nan unthinkable tests and mythical encounters he faces connected his decade-long travel location to woman Penelope aft nan Trojan War.
Premiering July 17, 2026 successful Imax, The Odyssey besides stars Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth and more.
