MUMBAI: Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film The Odyssey will become the first of his works to have a premiere in India, with the director and cast members Matt Damon and Tom Holland expected to visit Mumbai in July as part of a global promotional tour.
Nolan, along with his producer wife Emma Thomas, will be joined by Damon and Holland, who portray Odysseus and Telemachus respectively in the epic adaptation. The film’s distributors, Universal Pictures International, have included Mumbai as an official stop on the global premiere circuit, alongside cities such as London, Paris and New York.
The film is scheduled for worldwide release on 17 July. It has been shot across multiple locations using new IMAX film technology and is reportedly the first feature to be filmed entirely with IMAX cameras.
The India premiere will take place at PVR Icon IMAX at Phoenix Palladium in Mumbai.
Alongside Damon and Holland, the ensemble cast includes Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron. The film is produced by Nolan and Emma Thomas under their production company Syncopy.
Written and directed by Nolan, The Odyssey is based on Homer’s classic epic and follows Odysseus’s long journey home after the fall of Troy.
(With inputs from PTI)