Sasha Stern has joined bicoastal Epoch Films as East Coast sales representative. Stern will be based in Epoch’s New York office….F.M. Rocks Commercials, Santa Monica, has hired Peter McCann of MI Management, New York, for representation on the East Coast….Kari Romeo has joined bicoastal/international Chelsea Pictures as East Coast sales representative. Romeo will be based in Chelsea’s New York office….Los Angeles production house Seed has secured Chris Zander and Lauren Bleiweiss of New York-based Zander Reps to handle the East Coast. Seed was formed earlier this year by its parent company, Science+ Fiction, a two-year-old branded programming think tank/production studio owned by commercial production vets Blair Stribley and Roy Skillicorn (of Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., and Chicago), producer Steven Mendelson and former ILM Commercials VP/GM Kevin Townsend….Rex Edit, Venice, has signed Kelley A. Class, Marina del Rey, Calif., for representation on the West Coast and in the Midwest….Caren Colodny has joined earth2mars, New York, as director of business development…. DeepMix Music, Hollywood, has signed Michelle Stuart and Maria Stenz of New York-based Stenz & Company for East Coast representation….Production designer Marla Weinhoff is again available for commercials via bicoastal Paradigm after having completed the feature Heights….
Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is Based On “The Odyssey”
Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning "Oppenheimer" with a true epic: Homer's "The Odyssey." It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday.
Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a "mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology." It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer's saga will play on IMAX film screens.
Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to "The Dark Knight," and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For "Oppenheimer," the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed. Nolan hasn't said specifically what the new technology for "The Odyssey" will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they're in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production.
"They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work," Nolan said. "It's wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible."
"The Odyssey" will be Nolan's second collaboration with Universal Pictures following "Oppenheimer," which earned nearly $1 billion at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture. Rumors about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio.
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