CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk finally has something to say Christopher Nolan‘The Odyssey’, a first since Tom Holland and the Matt Damon-starrer epic opened in theaters.In a social media post, Musk claimed that his AI tool Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” feature-length film of “The Odyssey” by the end of 2026.“Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a feature-length film of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to Homer’s art,” read the tweet, posted alongside an AI-generated clip from Nolan’s film.In a reply to another post, the businessman also shared his openness to giving director Mel Gibson a $100 million budget to make a historically accurate retelling of the Greek epic. One netizen proposed: “I want Elon Musk to give Mel Gibson $100 million to film an Odyssey adaptation with very historically accurate ships, armor, weapons and casting, with all the dialogue taken directly from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.”Reacting to the post, Musk said: “I’m gutted.”It should be noted that the comment came months after Musk criticized Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, for the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy. Reacting to the casting on social media platform X, conservative commentator Matt Walsh wrote: “No one on the planet really thinks Lupita Nyong’o is ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’. But Christopher Nolan knows he’d be called a racist if he cast the role of ‘the most beautiful woman’ to a white woman.”Reacting to the post, Musk commented: “It’s true.”Earlier this month, ahead of the film’s release, Musk shared an AI-generated trailer for “Iliad,” inspired by Homer’s epic tale of the Trojan War, created with xAI’s recently released Grok Imagine 1.5 video generation model. Posting the video on his handle, he praised the technology behind the project. In response to Musk, Twitter handle Heavy Pulp wrote: “Had so much fun putting this together for you all!” Musk, apparently impressed by the results, came up with a more ambitious idea, replying: “Do you want to make a full movie?”Based on Homer’s epic poem, ‘The Odyssey’ follows the story of Odysseus and his long journey home after the Trojan War. The film stars Matt Damon in the title role, alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and an ensemble cast.
Mel Gibson prepares for the release of ‘The Resurrection of Christ’
Meanwhile, Mel Gibson is currently working on his long-awaited biblical epic ‘The Resurrection of Christ’, the sequel to the 2004 blockbuster ‘The Passion of the Christ’.The makers announced that the sequel will release in two parts. The first part, originally scheduled for March 2026, will now be released on May 6, 2027, while the second will arrive on May 25, 2028. According to Variety , both films are being released on Ascension Day, the Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus Christ’s ascension into heaven.“I am deeply grateful to my incredibly talented cast and crew for pouring their hearts into this production. Together, we created something powerful,” Gibson said in a press release. He added: “This film represents a major part of my life’s work, and it has demanded everything from me as a filmmaker and as an artist. This is so much more than a movie to me. It’s a mission I’ve been on for over 20 years to tell what I believe is the most important story in human history.“Gibson further said that meeting with several contributors to The Passion of the Christ helped bring his vision to life.“Reuniting with many of my original collaborators on The Passion of the Christ, true masters of their craft, allowed us to bring this story to the screen exactly as I envisioned it, with great support from my lifelong partners, Adam. [Fogelson] and the team at Lionsgate,” the director said, according to People .The upcoming films feature a cast that includes Jaakko Ohtonen, Mariela Garriga, Pier Luigi Pasino, Kasia Smutniak, Riccardo Scamarcio and Rupert Everett.
About ‘The Passion of the Christ’
The original The Passion of the Christ, directed by Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene, became a worldwide blockbuster when it was released 21 years ago. The film earned Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Makeup at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. Lionsgate stated that the film opened $83 million domestically and eventually grossed $370 million in North America and over $610 million worldwide.An account of the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ, ‘The Passion of the Christ’ remains the second highest-grossing film in North America, behind 2024’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.