Melanie Myers has returned to Wieden+Kennedy as global director of creative resources. She spent 11 years with W+K's Portland office before leaving in 2007 and later started WNTD, a creative recruiting and consulting company. WNTD will continue to operate with Myers' former partners. Based in W+K's Portland quarters, Myers will work closely with existing creative recruiters in each office to focus globally not only to find and hire outstanding and diverse talent in all offices, but to retain people who are already in place…..La Comunidad has expanded its strategic planning capabilities to include media services and connections planning. The independent, Miami-headquartered agency has appointed David Lawlor to head the new division under executive director of global strategy, Richard Monturo. Earlier in his career he was with Crispin Porter+Bogusky where during his five year tenure he helped develop and implement media strategies for both the general and multicultural markets for Burger King, Volkswagen, Geek Squad and Jawbone….Michael Dezso has joined JWT's Atlanta office as senior partner, director of strategic planning. He comes over from BBDO where he was VP, senior account planner. In his new role, Dezso will oversee strategy and planning across the office's clients including the U.S. Marine Corps, FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism, Brother, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Nokia and SCANA Energy. He will report directly to JWT's Atlanta CEO, Ridge White. Prior to BBDO, Dezso worked at Modernista in Boston as co-leader of the strategy and planning department and served as deputy director of planning on accounts including (RED), TIAA-CREF, Budweiser and Animal Planet….
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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