r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 23 '24

News Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie is an Adaptation of Homer’s 'The Odyssey'

https://gizmodo.com/christopher-nolan-new-film-the-odyssey-holland-zendaya-2000542917
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u/cbekel3618 Dec 23 '24

He plays the Cyclops, of course!

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u/Colonel_PingPong Dec 23 '24

Watch Nolan casting Caine as the voice of the giant fucking Cyclops at this very moment

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u/bfhurricane Dec 24 '24

He hit me in the eye, with a ruby the size of a tangerine.

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u/winterborne1 Dec 23 '24

Hmm, I really thought that role was going to Cillian Murphy.

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u/MarshyHope Dec 23 '24

He's Calypso

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u/TamoyaOhboya Dec 24 '24

Its actually pronounced K-yclops

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u/QuarterTemporary236 Dec 24 '24

That was my first thought also

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u/TheLeanerWiener Dec 24 '24

Nah. He's playing the Sirens. All of them.

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u/cbekel3618 Dec 24 '24

Listen, if I saw a sea full of singing Robert Pattinsons, I'd jump in too lol.

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u/PoIIux Dec 24 '24

They were talking about Michael Caine though

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u/BillohRly Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24

A lotta people dunno that Cyclops, he done some things, right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '24

“He’s a big man and out of shape, but for me it’s a full—time job.”

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u/fleeflicker Dec 24 '24

She was only 15 years old…

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u/AppropriateNewt Dec 24 '24

You were only supposed to blow the bloody rocks covering the mouth of the cave off!

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u/saurdaux Dec 24 '24

With an eyeball the size of a tangerine.

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u/Stillwater215 Dec 24 '24

Um, that’s a John Goodman role!

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u/SolomonBlack Dec 24 '24

Tiresias actually but good guess since they're both blind.

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u/Jahidinginvt Dec 24 '24

Tiresias was my first guess too! Ooh. I am EXCITED for this!!!

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u/ivorytowels Dec 24 '24

Nobody plays the cyclops.

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u/amorfotos Dec 24 '24

Not a lot of people know that...

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u/Motorboat_Jones Dec 24 '24

Can't imagine him doing it better than John Goodman. Especially if he is going to do the Alfred voice from the Dark Knight series. But I look forward to finding out!

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u/Yuri909 Dec 24 '24

Polyphemus!

Nobody blinded poor old polyphemus, they did, sir!