The Odyssey Trailer Arrives, Showcasing Christopher Nolan’s Most IMAX-Heavy Film Yet

91 days and 2 million feet of IMAX film later, the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's hugely anticipated The Odyssey has just been released, along with an official naming of the new IMAX cameras used to shoot it.

There are a lot of big, tentpole movies that will get a lot of hype next year. Denis Villeneuve heads back to Arrakis with Dune: Messiah, and Marvel attempts to relight its stuttering superhero flame with Avengers: Doomsday. But the early part of the year looks like it belongs to Christopher Nolan, IMAX, and The Odyssey.

The first official trailer dropped yesterday and seemed to have broken the part of the Internet that cares about film.

2 Million Feet 

Homer's revered epic is going to be suitably epic in modern-day terms too. Nolan told Empire back in November that he'd used two million feet of IMAX film over the course of a 91-day shoot. That's just short of 379 miles or 610 kilometers, roughly the distance between London and Edinburgh or Washington and Cincinnati. And, at roughly $1.50 a foot, just over $3 million spent on film alone.

Much of that film has gone through the four new cameras built especially for the project. We've covered them in detail before, they're 30% quieter than previous IMAX cameras and have enabled Nolan to shoot dialogue scenes for the first time and thus an entire movie on IMAX film. Yesterday they were officially named The IMAX Keighley Film Camera.

The IMAX Keighley Film Camera

The name honours the late David Keighley and his widow, Patricia Keighley, both of whom have played key roles in the development of IMAX over the years and were instrumental in the new camera's creation.

It was announced by their son, Geoff Keighley, on Instagram.

"At a time when many are questioning the future of moviegoing, I’m proud to see IMAX doubling down on the power of the theatrical experience," he wrote referencing Nolan's forthcoming film. "There are so many ways to consume content today, and the bar for theaters has never been higher — but when it works, there’s truly nothing like it."

Audiences will find that out for themselves on July 17 when The Odyssey hits the theaters. Anticipation is already high; the opening shows in the 26 theaters worldwide that are equipped with true 70mm projection sold out months ago.