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Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey has taken the box office by storm, and after a wildly successful opening weekend — to the tune of $124 million in the United States alone — the film is already on track to be one of the biggest hits of the acclaimed director's career.
But for fans who can't get enough of any movie Nolan puts his name on, one question remains: What's next?
After adding The Odyssey — featuring a Matt Damon-led ensemble cast that reads more like a who's-who of Hollywood A-list actors — to his already impressive filmography that includes Oppenheimer (2023), Interstellar (2014), and The Dark Knight (2008), Nolan stopped by TODAY on July 17 to chat with Kaylee Hartung about his newest film, the challenges he faced creating it, and when fans can possibly expect his next epic film.
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Christopher Nolan says it'll be "at least" three years until he releases his next movie after The Odyssey
The Odyssey is the first film to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras — a massive technical challenge in its own right — giving the movie a proper larger-than-life feel. What Nolan accomplished behind-the-scenes is arguably as impressive as the final product audiences are enjoying in theaters right now.
Hartung asked point-blank if Nolan hit any limits of his own while creating the movie.
"I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody's stamina, I think," Nolan confessed. "I mean, it’s The Odyssey, of course it should be difficult. We're not doing the job right making a film of The Odyssey if it doesn't seem difficult."
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Looking back, calling the making of the film "difficult" seems to be an understatement. In fact, the director felt like the scope and its challenging production caught star Matt Damon, who stars as Odysseus, by surprise.
“I have a feeling he didn’t really understand until we got on the boat. It’s not until you get there and you start, you know, hiking up a goat’s path to cyclops’ cave that he started to realize that none of this was going to be easy," Nolan revealed. "I think it was sort of a slow creeping realization for him."
When Hartung asked if fans would have to wait "another three years" before his next masterpiece — the approximate length of time between The Odyssey and 2023's Oppenheimer — the legendary filmmaker didn't hold anything back in his response: "Oh, at least!" Nolan said with a laugh.
Watch Christopher Nolan's entire TODAY interview here.
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The Odyssey is in theaters now. Get your tickets, here!
