Advance booking for select IMAX shows of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey opens a year before release; major screens fill up fast

Indian Express

17-07-2025

After the global box office success and sweeping Oscars run for his last film Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan will be back next year with The Odyssey, another book adaptation, of Homer's ancient Greek epic of the same name. Universal Pictures, which is backing the film after a successful tie-up with Nolan in Oppenheimer, has opened advance booking for the film a year before it's slated to release in cinemas.
On Thursday, the tickets for select IMAX shows of The Odyssey went on sale in the US. The official social media handles of IMAX listed the screens available to book tickets in. All of them are IMAX 70 MM screens, the preferred format for Nolan's films. The Odyssey is slated to release in cinemas on July 17, 2026.
Get tickets now to experience the first IMAX 70mm screenings of #TheOdysseyMovie – A film by Christopher Nolan. In theaters 7 17 26. https://t.co/B6z1mqBRA2 pic.twitter.com/O641unm25o
— IMAX (@IMAX) July 17, 2025
The limited screens begin to fill up within minutes, with some of them getting sold out in hours. Several audience members complained about not getting tickets on their X handles, sharing screenshots of sold-out screens and expressing their frustration through hilarious memes. An X user wrote along with a screenshot of a sold-out screen, 'I'm sorry but no other director has motion like Christopher Nolan. This is insane. Why tf am I pissed a year in advance. Now everyday leading up I'm gonna randomly remember and be sad.'
me to the people who got The Odyssey tickets in IMAX 70MM after they sold out in 30 seconds pic.twitter.com/Z96bITRsYi
— mali (@maineventmali) July 17, 2025
Another user shared screenshot of tickets to The Odyssey's opening day shows being resold for outrageous prices like $100-150 on eBay. 'Christopher Nolan making The Odyssey an immersive experience by making us wait an entire year after buying our tickets like we are Odysseus spending 10 years trying to find his son,' joked another user on X.
It's been three minutes since The Odyssey IMAX 70 MM tickets went on sale and the Universal City Walk July 16th showing is nearly sold out! pic.twitter.com/UQrQM6YpKs
— Jillian (@JillianChili) July 17, 2025
The Odyssey will be the first film ever to be fully filmed using IMAX cameras. Nolan's obsession with the technology began with his 2008 blockbuster superhero film The Dark Knight, when certain key action sequences were shot with IMAX cameras. Since then, Nolan has harnessed the technology in memorable movies like Inception (2009), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), Tenet (2020), and most recently, Oppenheimer (2023). In fact, 20% of Oppenheimer's grand global box office gross of $975 million came from the IMAX screens.
The first teaser of The Odyssey, which debuted exclusively in theatres ahead of Jurassic Park: Rebirth, later leaked on social media platforms. The 70-second teaser features actor Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as his son Telemachus, and Jon Bernthal in an undisclosed role. It opens with a voice that sounds like Robert Pattinson, who is also part of the cast. '
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The film will follow Odysseus's long journey home after the Trojan War, during which he faces many challenges, from gods to mythical monsters. It features a large cast, including Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Elliot Page, and more.