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CTV News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Tickets for The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's film shot for Imax 70mm, go on sale a year in advance
Don't get your popcorn ready quite yet… You can now buy tickets to see Christopher Nolan's new movie, The Odyssey, at West Edmonton Mall's Scotiabank Theatre – but it comes out in July 2026. What's so special about the movie? It was shot for Imax 70mm, much like his best-picture winning film, Oppenheimer. Edmonton's Scotiabank Theatre was one of six movie theatres in Canada, and one of 26 across the world, included in the Imax advance presale. The presale includes four dates between July 16-19, 2026. Tickets have sold out in 15 of 26 theatres, but Edmonton still had tickets available for all four dates as of 11 a.m. Friday. This is the first time ever tickets have gone on sale a year early, The Hollywood Reporter wrote. The Odyssey, an adaption of the classic Greek epic poem, has a star-studded cast, including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya and Lupita Nyong'o.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mia Khalifa Breaks Down Nolan's Genius IMAX Hustle Better Than Most Critics Ever Could
Look, I'm not saying I would sell my soul for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey tickets in 70mm IMAX… but I am saying I'd loan it out at a high interest rate if it means seeing Matt Damon fight a Cyclops with 18K resolution and THX bass that slaps harder than your mama's cooking. So when Mia Khalifa, yes, that Mia Khalifa, took to X (formerly Twitter forever petty) and dropped the nerdiest flex of 2025, my entire timeline came to a screeching halt. 'Survived war (secured tickets to The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm a year in advance)' she posted like a true cine soldier in Nolan's cult of visual devotion. Girl, what?! This isn't just securing tickets. This is securing bragging rights for LIFE. This is cinematic clout on god mode. This is the type of move that makes Film Twitter collectively fall to its knees like it just found the Holy Grail at the back of the Dolby Theatre. And like clockwork, another user jumped in with: 'Yes I did get Odyssey tickets. No I'm not happy about this whole ordeal.' Relatable. Because scoring these tickets ain't just about fandom, it's trial by fire. It's a multiversal battle where you're fighting bots, boomers, and bandwidth issues while praying your credit card doesn't decline in front of God and Christopher Nolan. But Khalifa, now a certified 70mm evangelist, clapped back with facts only: 'It's so Nolan can prove demand early on before other studios book the IMAX theaters for their releases. Previously he's negotiated a certain amount of weeks for the theatrical but other films also have contracts with the IMAX theaters. If they sell out this early he can beat them to it and extend the theatrical release for longer rather than bringing it back for a week or two at a time.' Translation? This ain't just about us. It's about cinema. She didn't just buy a ticket, she joined a damn revolution. One Year Out, All Seats Gone. Nolan Really Said 'Plan Ahead Peasants' On Thursday at midnight (or what we really call 'prime geek hour'), IMAX quietly dropped an announcement like Beyoncé in the Lemonade era: tickets were now on sale for the 70mm IMAX release of Nolan's The Odyssey. The catch? The movie don't come out till July 2026. That's 365 days of anticipation. A full zodiac cycle. Four seasons and a leap year's worth of hype. And within ONE HOUR, 95 percent of those sacred seats were gone like Thanos just snapped them out of existence. We're talking 25 or 26 handpicked IMAX theaters across the globe. NYC's Lincoln Square IMAX? Gone. Universal CityWalk in LA? Ghost town. Orange County? Dublin, San Francisco, and Fort Lauderdale? All vanished into cinematic nirvana. And then the resale prices hit. $300 to $400 a seat. I could've bought a PS5 and still had money for popcorn. But instead, somebody out there is flipping Odyssey tickets like it's the Super Bowl of storytelling. Which… it kind of is? The Odyssey Nolan's Most Expensive Flex Yet Oppenheimer was just the warm-up act. This time Nolan's turning all the dials to extra with The Odyssey, a $250 million adaptation of Homer's mythic road trip from hell. And it's shot entirely in IMAX film cameras. Not 'some scenes.' Not 'for select sequences.' No, the whole damn thing. That's like filming your grandma's BBQ with a RED camera and a drone team. Matt Damon leads as Odysseus (because apparently, if Nolan is making a movie about anything, Damon will find a way to be in it). Then you've got Zendaya as maybe Athena, Anne Hathaway as Penelope (twice confirmed in the cast list because once ain't enough), Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, and Robert Pattinson rounding out the most elite ensemble this side of Mount Olympus. It's not a cast. It's an Avengers team made up entirely of award season powerhouses. Why We Do This: The Gospel of 70mm Let me say this from the pulpit of Black cinephilia ain't nothing like seeing a Nolan film in 70mm IMAX. You don't just watch a Nolan movie, you ascend. The chairs rumble. The aspect ratio breathes. The screen swallows you whole like Scylla and spits you out in emotional ruin by the credits. And if you were lucky enough to catch Oppenheimer in 70mm? You know what I mean. We walked out of that theater dazed, blessed, and needing therapy. Now imagine that experience turned up to mythic. Imagine Sirens in full frame. A cyclops towering over you in ultra crisp detail. Imagine Nolan rendering Hades with the kind of scale usually reserved for natural disasters and Kanye West album rollouts. The post Mia Khalifa Breaks Down Nolan's Genius IMAX Hustle Better Than Most Critics Ever Could appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More. Solve the daily Crossword
Geek Tyrant
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY Sold Out IMAX Screenings… A Year Before Release — GeekTyrant
Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey doesn't hit theaters until July 17, 2026, but the film is already making history, and causing a frenzy, by selling out premium screenings a full year in advance. Earlier this week, fans noticed something strange on ticketing sites: listings for IMAX 70mm screenings in July 2026. At midnight ET on July 17, IMAX confirmed the news, posting that 'the first IMAX 70mm screenings for one year from now' were live. Sixteen theaters in the U.S., six in Canada, two in the U.K., and one in the Czech Republic quietly dropped a handful of showtimes, and they were gone almost instantly. In New York, where there's only one participating theater, seats evaporated in minutes. In Los Angeles, with several options, the sellout took closer to an hour. As of now, everything is booked unless you're okay with the dreaded front row. Why the chaos? These aren't just any screenings. These are the only theaters currently equipped to show The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm, the format Nolan shot the entire film on. This marks a first in cinema history, a full feature captured entirely on IMAX 70mm cameras, presented in a towering 1.43:1 aspect ratio for the whole runtime. Regular theaters will still screen the movie, but these 70mm showings are the ultimate way to experience it. Almost immediately, scalpers began listing tickets at absurd prices, and fans who missed out expressed frustration at being locked out so far ahead of release. Here's the reality, though, these are only the first screenings at select theaters. Nolan's still editing the film and doesn't even know the final runtime yet. More showtimes will come, and some theaters could run the movie around the clock on opening weekend if demand stays this high—which seems inevitable. IMAX is also working to expand the number of screens capable of showing the format over the next year. So, if you missed out, don't give your money to the scalpers. More chances are coming. Whoever greenlit this move deserves credit. It was a calculated stunt to generate buzz for the IMAX 70mm experience, and it worked. We're talking about a film still in production, one year out, and it's already sold thousands of tickets, making history as the first movie ever to do so this far in advance.
Gizmodo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘The Odyssey' Sold Tickets a Year in Advance and Things Got Crazy
The Odyssey tells the story of one man's long journey home after the Trojan War. And while the journey to Christopher Nolan's adaptation won't be nearly as perilous, it is certainly off to quite the start. The film opens in theaters July 17, 2026, which is exactly one year from today. And, earlier this week, showtimes for the film began mysteriously showing up on ticketing websites. Surely, no one would sell tickets for a movie a year in advance, right? Only that's exactly what happened. And it got a little crazy. At midnight ET on July 17, IMAX and others quietly announced via social media that tickets for 'the first IMAX 70mm screenings for one year from now' were now on sale. Sixteen theaters in the U.S., six in Canada, two in the U.K., and one in the Czech Republic simultaneously released tickets for only a handful of shows (usually one per day), and they basically all sold out in minutes. Places like New York, where only one theater is on sale, were much quicker. In Los Angeles, where there are multiple theaters, it took closer to an hour for everything to sell out. But, as of this morning, basically everything is gone, unless you want to sit in the front row or something like that. Why those theaters? Well, these are the only theaters currently capable (that may change in the next year) of showing The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm. It's the first theatrical film to ever be fully captured with IMAX 70mm cameras, so the entire film will be presented multiple stories tall in 1.43:1 for its entire runtime. It'll play in normal theaters too, as well as other premium formats, but this is the main one, and it's historic. Earlier this week, when io9 inquired with Fandango, IMAX, and Universal Pictures about the ticket sale, no one replied. That led us to believe this was a large, secret stunt everyone preferred to keep a lid on. Something possibly even tied to the online release of the teaser trailer that's currently playing only in theaters. However, as of publication, that trailer still isn't online, so rumors of the event being driven more by IMAX than Universal seem to have some merit. A few things almost immediately happened once tickets sold out, though. First, scalpers began trying to sell tickets for the showtimes at super inflated prices. Second, many fans felt incredibly disappointed that, this far out, they've already been shut out of seeing Nolan's latest in his preferred format. What's important to remember about both of these things is that these are not the only showtimes. These are just 'the first IMAX 70mm screenings' and only at these specific theaters. Yes, a few primetime showtimes on the film's opening next weekend next year are now sold out. But the film won't just be playing only once per day. In fact, there's a good chance some theaters will show the film around the clock on opening weekend if there's demand for it. And, with sellouts a year in advance, there sure seems to be demand for it. So, if you weren't able to get tickets for one of these screenings, don't fret, and definitely don't buy scalped tickets. In the next year, some fans may have other things come up and be forced to return tickets. IMAX is already working on building new theaters that'll support this format, so be on the lookout for those. Also, many, many other theaters and showtimes will appear as the film's release date approaches. Part of the reason IMAX only sold select showtimes is Nolan is still making the movie. He doesn't know how long it's going to be yet and probably won't know for months. Then, once it is, you can be sure more showtimes will be added in all formats. In the end, though, whoever came up with this plan is surely patting themself on the back. This was an attempt to get some publicity and showcase demand for premium formats as one giant stunt. And it worked. We're talking about The Odyssey a year in advance, during production, and already the IMAX 70mm experience is whipping people into a frenzy. Plus, it also made history by being the first movie ever to sell tickets a year ahead of release. Movies that open this August haven't grossed a dime yet. But The Odyssey has. Were you able to get tickets to The Odyssey? Have a bad experience? Let us know below. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
CBS News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Tickets for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey on sale a year in advance for IMAX 70mm screenings
Tickets for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm are on sale a year in advance, and seats for the first showings are already filling up. On Wednesday, IMAX announced that tickets for the first IMAX 70mm screenings were going on sale. The tickets are for showings on July 16-19, 2026. The Bay Area has two theaters where tickets are on sale: AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco and Regal Hacienda Crossings in Dublin. The showtimes are at 2 p.m. on July 16, 2026, and 7 p.m. July 17-19, 2026, for both theaters. As of Wednesday night, only the front two rows had seats remaining for the Thursday showing at the Metreon. The Regal Hacienda Crossing had about three rows left. Seats for the other showings were also being bought up. Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Jon Bernthal, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are among the cast in Nolan's film. IMAX listed all the US locations where advanced tickets will be sold for the IMAX 70mm screenings. Phoenix, AZ - Harkins Arizona Mills Fort Lauderdale, FL - AutoNation IMAX, Museum of Discovery & Science Atlanta, GA - Regal Mall of Georgia Indianapolis, IN - IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum Grand Rapids, MI - Celebration Cinema GR North New York, NY - AMC Lincoln Square 13 Philadelphia, PA - Regal UA King of Prussia Nashville, TN - Regal Opry Mills Dallas, TX - Cinemark Dallas XD & IMAX
