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As filming continues on Christopher Nolan's star-studded adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey in Favignana, Italy, we may have word on the character another key cast member will play in the movie.

According to Italian magazine Chi, Robert Pattinson will portray Hermes.

In ancient Greek mythology, Hermes was a mischievous deity who was known as the herald and messenger of the Olympian gods, often tasked with delivering messages and guiding souls to the underworld. He was also associated with trade, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves, and travel.

Only Matt Damon's role as Odysseus has been confirmed, but it's believed that Tom Holland will take on the role of his son, Telemachus, with Zendaya as the goddess Athena.

Greek media site OneMan.com recently shed some light on which mythological heroes and villains a good chunk of the other actors will play.

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As filming continues on Christopher Nolan's star-studded adaptation of The Odyssey in Favignana, Italy, these latest photos from the set give us a first look at Tom Holland in-costume.

The Spider-Man: No Way Home star is believed to be playing Odysseus' (Matt Damon) son, Telemachus, though this has yet to be confirmed.

In Homer's poem, father and son spend the majority of the story apart, and only reunite right at the end. Since these photos appear to be taken from the same location Damon and Zendaya were spotted in earlier this week, there's a good chance Favignana will double for the island of Ithaca.

Holland's Spider-Man was expected to play a key role in Avengers: Doomsday, but the actor wasn't included in Marvel Studios' recent cast reveal. Though Parker could still show up (we know the entire cast wasn't unveiled), Holland simply may not have been available...

The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan has assembled one of the most impressive casts we've seen in quite a while for his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, and it sounds like he was hoping to be able to make the ensemble an even more star-studded affair.

According to Daniel Richtman, Nolan was courting Oppenheimer Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea, but the actor was going to be too busy filming Avengers: Doomsday to make it work. The scooper has also heard that Nolan is staying "super faithful to the original story, and is "determined to use as many practical effects, real sets, and as much makeup work as possible."

This follows a previous report that Nolan intends to shoot the movie's Cyclops scenes at Nestor’s Cave in Greece, and a 6x6m mechanical anthropomorphic puppet of Polyphemus is being created for the sequence.

Christopher Nolan is adapting classic Greek poem The Odyssey by Homer for his next film, it’s been confirmed.

We’re catching up on a few stories following the festive break, so let’s start here.

Nobody can accuse Christopher Nolan of being complacent. After beginning his career with films like the low-budget Following, the mind bending Memento and thriller Insomnia, Nolan created arguably one of the greatest superhero trilogies of all time with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

Since then, Nolan has been ever more ambitious in his cinematic storytelling, from the epic beach scenes of Dunkirk to the innovative narrative of Tenet and the craftsmanship behind the build up of tension before the explosion in Oppenheimer.

His next film is somewhat surprising, and certainly not an easy text to adapt. According to Deadline, Nolan is turning Homer’s epic 8th century Greek poem The Odyssey into a film.

We recently got word that Christopher Nolan was working on a new film for Universal Pictures, with Matt Damon set to play the lead. The cast has since grown to include a wealth of A-list talent, but plot details had been kept under wraps - until now.

Numerous rumors and theories have been doing the rounds, with the mysterious project said to be everything from a futuristic action thriller inspired by '80s helicopter flick Blue Thunder, to a period vampire thriller. However, insiders maintained that nobody came close to nailing Nolan’s real idea, and they were absolutely right.

Universal has now officially announced that Nolan will helm an adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey.

"Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for...

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