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\n\tArguably the most hotly anticipated movie of the summer is none other than \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>,\u201d celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan\u2019s<\/a> follow-up to his Oscar-winning \u201cOppenheimer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIt is a film the likes of which Hollywood rarely signs off on nowadays \u2014 an ambitious sword-and-sandals epic with massive sets, some practical effects, and a cast of thousands. The $250 million-budgeted tentpole, adapted from Homer\u2019s epic and hitting theaters July 17, is the first in Nolan\u2019s career to be shot entirely on 70 mm Imax cameras. It stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, a Greek king who\u2019s embarked on a long journey home filled with one outstanding obstacle after another to return to his fearlessly devoted wife, Penelope (Anne Hathaway). The all-star cast is rounded out by Tom Holland as Telemachus, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong\u2019o as Helen of Troy, Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Calypso, Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, and Benny Safdie as Agamemnon.<\/p>\n