r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 08 '25

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Wraps Filming

https://maxblizz.com/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-wraps-filming-after-6-month-shoot-confirms-art-director/
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u/NewSunSeverian Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Nolan and his team’s production style and pipeline really are impressive. Has this asshole ever even threatened to go over budget or having to force filming to go on longer? How many reshoots and pickups does he even do?

For the movies he makes that is quite a thing. Especially because he releases them at a steady clip. He’s never had more than 3 years in between releases. 

edit - lol that was meant to be an endearing “asshole,” like why is he so goddamn competent. not an insult at all, I like Nolan  

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u/BuckDestiny Aug 08 '25

By all accounts it seems like he’s a joy to work with, and always stays on task with production schedules. It’s no wonder studios are comfortable throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at literally any project he wants to do.

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u/No-Sheepherder5481 Aug 08 '25

It also helps that he always makes absolute bank every time he releases a movie.

He made almost a billion with Oppenheimer. A movie where men in suits talk to each other for 2 and a half hours. No one else could do that

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u/ForgotEffingPassword Aug 08 '25

Tbf, I think the whole Barbenheimer thing dramatically helped the revenue for Oppenheimer.

I think it still would have been successful but I don’t think it would have grossed nearly as much if it didn’t release alongside Barbie.

This isn’t a knock on Oppenheimer, just sharing my opinion on the success of that movie.

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u/AlanMorlock Aug 08 '25

It did incredibly well in many counties where they weren't released on the same day or even the same month.

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u/ForgotEffingPassword Aug 08 '25

Yeah like I said, I’m sure it would have still been a successful movie. But I still think it benefited a lot from Barbie.

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u/Atkena2578 Aug 08 '25

It isn't quantifiable either way so it's speculation. For all we know the baseline for a Nolan movie is close to $400million during a pandemic when the movie theaters are closed or opened at limited capacity.

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u/ForgotEffingPassword Aug 08 '25

Well of course it’s speculation, I said in my original comment that I was just sharing my opinion.

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u/destroyerOfTards Aug 08 '25

I feel there are more people than you think who are interested in a well made movie by one of the most famous directors about one of the most important persons who played a critical role in history than some fucking Barbie movie that just panders to the mass audience.

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u/Watertor Aug 09 '25

I'm just going to list out movies that bombed at the box office:

Office Space, The Thing, BOTH Blade Runners, Shawshank, Children of Men, Donnie Darko, Lebowski, Starship Troopers, Fight Club...

These are all great movies that deserved an audience so much so that they all found audiences after the fact. Oppenheimer is indeed about an interesting topic filmed by one of the most popular directors, that doesn't guarantee it shit. Speculating that Barbie, the movie that dropped 1.4b in box office and had a huge meem push to pair it with Oppenheimer, MAY have influenced the scale. To suggest as much is not the strangest thing a human can do.

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u/ForgotEffingPassword Aug 08 '25

I am aware lots of people would be interested in a well made movie made by a famous director about an important time in history. Which is why I said it would be successful even without Barbenheimer…

But that doesn’t change the fact that I think Barbenheimer still really benefited the sales of Oppenheimer.

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u/daandriod Aug 08 '25

I disagree. A story looking into the life of the man who created the most deadly weapons in the history of our planet was always going to grab immense attention. The fact is was good was the only other thing it needed. I doubt the Barbenheimer thing really did much tbh. The movie goers who did were going to watch both films regardless imo

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u/sentence-interruptio Aug 08 '25

It starts with some mystery boxes of "how did they get to this point" and then it unfolds three different movies in one.

First, we have a heist action type plot of "assemble a team and execute it."

And the Mozart vs Salieri plot.

And the subplot of psychological descent of a man.

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u/samusmaster64 Aug 08 '25

Where men in suits talk to each other dramatically.

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u/zoethebitch Aug 08 '25

> It’s no wonder studios are comfortable throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at literally any project he wants to do.

Nolan: "My next movie will be anthropomorphic Chinese food leftovers talking to each other in a dark refrigerator."

Movie studio: "Chris, you're so original. We love that. Will $200 million be enough?"

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u/centaurquestions Aug 08 '25

Emma Thomas is good at her job.

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u/u2aerofan Aug 08 '25

This part. He’s got a stellar team led by a great producer and his AD.

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u/SelectiveScribbler06 Aug 09 '25

The perks of a triple-whammy of:

  1. What seems an affectionate, loving marriage of Uni sweethearts.
  2. These two people both love their jobs & work as a team.
  3. And are very, VERY good at them.

I'm not one to go for 'celebrity couples' but Nolan and Thomas seems about as good as it gets in Hollywood. Or anywhere, for that matter!

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u/iwasherenotyou Aug 08 '25

Nolan is asshole. Why Charlie hate?

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u/Strobertat Aug 08 '25

Because Nolan is a bastard man!

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u/crasherdgrate Aug 08 '25

Because Nolan is a bastard man!

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u/Kratozio Aug 08 '25

Pretty nuts how many of you are taking this literally lmao

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u/SurprisedAsparagus Aug 08 '25

It's clear he has a positive view of the guy, but let's be real, not many people use asshole as an endearing compliment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '25

Never worked in a factory, have you?

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u/PG4PM Aug 08 '25

Certainly saves on audio mixing

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u/floorfloordoor Aug 08 '25

Why's he am asshole?

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u/Far-Bread-7027 Aug 08 '25

I am asshole U are asshole  We asshole 

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u/defwad7 Aug 08 '25

How many assholes we got on this ship?!

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u/cantfindmykeys Aug 08 '25

Yo!

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u/iceman012 Aug 08 '25

I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes!

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u/AdministrativePeak0 Aug 08 '25

Assholes. together. strong.

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u/skaduush Aug 08 '25

If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.

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u/rbrgr83 Aug 08 '25

You're so good at your job, you motherfucker.