Recently, Deadline reported that Walking Dead actor Jon Bernthal had been cast in Christopher Nolan's next undertaking, Homor's The Odyssey. Days later, Deadline announced another Walking Dead alum for the movie. Samantha Morton, who portrayed Alpha in the series, would also join the cast.
In his next project after his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan announced that he would tackle The Odyssey, a poem by Homer. The Greek poem is one of the oldest literary works that is still read in modern times. The $250 million budget for the film, which is Nolan's second for Universal, will be his most expensive, surpassing The Dark Knight. The Odyssey will be a mythical action movie filmed using Imax Film Technology.
Morton was announced with Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, and Bill Irwin, who will join previously announced Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, and Charlize Theron. Patal previously starred in Nolan's Tenet (2020), Page appeared in Inception (2010), and Irwin in the 2014 film Interstellar (2014).
No announcements have been made regarding who the cast will be portraying, but in addition to Odysseus, the story also features his wife and son, Penelope and Telemachus, with Athena, Circe, Poseidon, and Zeus.
The Odyssey will begin filming in Feb. with a release date of July 17.
Samantha Morton's other roles
A recent role for Morton is in Asif Kapadia's 2073 which is only available in the UK. The story is based on a 1962 featurette, La Jetée that is set in a dystopian future and follows Morton's character, Ghost, a survivor with visons of the past.
In 2022, Morton portrayed Catherine de Medici in the Starz series The Serpent Queen. She also starred with Ruby Stokes in Paramount+ series The Burning Girls, a psychological thriller based on C.J. Tudor's novel.
Another new project on the horizon is the comedy The Entertainment System from Ruben Ostlund. The movie also stars Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, and Woody Harrelson. She will also star in Ronan Day-Lewis' film Anemone. The movie is co-written by her father, actor Daniel Day-Lewis and also stars Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakely-Green.
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