Christopher Nolan is tackling the most epic source material with “The Odyssey,” and has promised to be faithful to it, but he’s also said it would be “under 3 hours,” which means shorter than “Oppenheimer.”
If AMC’s website is anything to go by, and usually it is reliable as a film’s release date approaches, the official runtime for “The Odyssey” will be 2 hours 52 minutes, which will be perfectly acceptable for many.
Nolan has only crossed the three-hour mark once in his career, with “Oppenheimer” running exactly 3 hours. “The Odyssey” would be his second longest film, followed by “Interstellar” (2 hours 49 minutes), “The Dark Knight Rises” (2 hours 44 minutes), “The Dark Knight” (2 hours 32 minutes) and “Tenet” (2 hours 30 minutes).
“The Odyssey” reportedly has a budget of around $250M and will utilize brand-new, state-of-the-art IMAX cameras, with cinematography by Nolan’s go-to DP, Hoyte van Hoytema. The film hits theaters on July 17.
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