Photos from the set of Christopher Nolan’s new epic, The Odyssey, have hit on-line courtesy of an Instagram publish from a Greece firm.
A brand new behind-the-scenes take a look at Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, The Odyssey, has made its method on-line courtesy of an Instagram publish from Leonidas Christopoulos, who’s the Chief Govt Officer on the Hellenic Movie and Audiovisual Middle in Greece. Christopoulos visited the set and took a variety of footage of his expertise, together with assembly with the forged — Jon Bernthal and Tom Holland — and director Christopher Nolan himself. You may get a peek at Bernthal and Holland’s characters beneath.
When translated to English, the publish reads,
“At present, I had the glory of assembly Sir Christopher Nolan, a visionary director whose movies encourage audiences world wide, as he brings Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, to life in our nation.
It was a pleasure to talk with the nice forged, together with Matt Damon, Tom Holland, John Bernthal and Lupita Nyong’o, in addition to Dame and producer Emma Thomas, together with the executives of Faliro Home, the Greek manufacturing firm that’s helping Common within the realization of this bold challenge, Christos Konstantakopoulos and Kostas Kefalas, in addition to the Regional Governor of Peloponnese, Mr. Dimitris Ptochos.
Visiting the magical areas of Pylos, Methoni Fort and Nestor’s Cave, the place filming takes place, was actually an unforgettable expertise.
As CEO of the Greek Middle for Cinema, Audiovisual Media & Creativity – Artistic Greece, I really feel significantly honored that we actively help, as an establishment and because the Ministry of Tradition, this monumental manufacturing by financing 40% of all eligible bills incurred in Greek territory. Greece has at all times been a land of myths and cinematic magnificence and it’s our mission to make sure that world productions proceed to decide on our nation as their inventive homeland.”
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey plans to shoot globally utilizing new IMAX know-how, a prospect with cinephiles salivating. Nolan, after all, is without doubt one of the greatest proponents of the IMAX movie format. He’s recognized to push the bounds of what IMAX can seize on screens, pairing superior visible presentation with dynamic audio design that leaves normal theater sound techniques within the mud.
When Common Photos formally introduced the challenge final yr, the studio described it as “a mythic motion epic shot internationally utilizing model new IMAX movie know-how.” Manufacturing is slated to kick off on the finish of the month, and a few reviews state that this might be Nolan’s costliest movie so far. It’s anticipated to price $250 million however might very simply go greater.
Nolan is rarely one to take a budget route, and he might be filming everywhere in the world for The Odyssey, together with the precise areas the place Odysseus was believed to have been. A latest report acknowledged that Nolan will shoot a part of the movie on Favignana, Sicily’s “Goat Island,” which is “believed to be the place the place Homer envisioned Odysseus landed together with his motley crew to barbecue goats and top off on meals. The idyllic isle is a part of the Egadi archipelago off of Sicily’s north-west coast.”
