A new Orange County permit for a 58,000 square foot building at Epic Universe has been posted. It could be tied to the rumored Wizarding World expansion. The filing sits beside an earlier permit for a roughly 95,000 square foot ride building and together the two...
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has found an unlikely critic, and it is someone many assumed would be among the film's biggest supporters. Emily Wilson, whose 2017 English feminist translation of Homer's The Odyssey was widely reported to have influenced Nolan's...
Over the past two weeks, to prepare for this review, I've made a point of becoming something of a student of The Odyssey. I read Homer's poem, watched more than nine hours of previous adaptations of the story (right up to the adaption for the Wishbone show), and read...
For months, anyone who questioned Christopher Nolan's decision to cast Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy was told the same thing: wait until you see the movie. Maybe Nolan had a grand artistic vision. Maybe he had discovered a new interpretation of one of mythology's...
Hollywood thinks it has figured out the formula for defeated their biggest detractors after Matt Damon as Odysseus sailed into big numbers this weekend. The truth might just be the opposite. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrived in theaters with a worldwide opening...
Fast & Furious fans briefly believed the franchise’s long-awaited finale, Fast Forever, had finally entered production. As it turns out, they may have hit the gas a little too soon. On July 2, Vin Diesel shared a video on social media standing beside Dominic Toretto’s iconic black Dodge Charger while telling fans he was “on set.” He thanked fans for their patience as the team worked toward delivering “the most amazing finale” while he balanced work on several other projects.
A lot has been said about The Odyssey and the language style used in its trailers World-building is often associated with maps, costumes, architecture, and lore. Writers spend countless hours designing civilizations, magic systems, political structures, and histories...
Disney Legend Lea Salonga is once again lending her voice to an animated feature film. This time, however, she’s joining DreamWorks Animation. During the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Forgotten Island directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado spoke about the upcoming project, which they described as a “love letter to Filipino culture.” The filmmakers revealed new details about the film’s cultural influences, including that the story’s primary villains will be voiced by Lea Salonga and Jenny Slate.
Christopher Nolan is responding directly to the growing controversy and backlash surrounding The Odyssey, dismissing the online criticism as something that simply "comes with the territory" while arguing that the people criticizing the film before its release don't...
Hollywood critics are already showering Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with overwhelming praise, but the glowing early reactions arrive amid a much larger conversation about the growing divide between access media enthusiasm and audience skepticism. Following early...
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey is preparing to travel around the world ahead of release, but the global promotional tour appears to be missing one location many fans might have expected: Greece. According to the announced schedule, The Odyssey...
Lupita Nyong’o has sparked a new debate surrounding Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey after suggesting that Homer did not spend enough time in his ancient epic poems exploring the perspective of women. The comments come at a challenging moment for...
When it comes to cartoon creatures, there is a big difference between little yellow Minions and magnificent dragons. However, when it came time to score this summer’s Minions & Monsters, Illumination turned to How to Train Your Dragon composer John Powell.