Matt Damon has been stranded, chased, rescued, and reborn on screen more times than most movie stars could dream of. He’s stolen from casinos, escaped Mars, and survived World War II — but in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey , he’s facing his biggest challenge yet: gods, monsters, and his own mythic destiny.

Empire has debuted a world-exclusive first look at Damon in The Odyssey , with the actor revealing the project is “exactly what you want of a summer movie.” Speaking to the magazine, Damon described Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic as a blend of scale , sincerity, and cinematic muscle. “It should be the most massively entertaining film,” he said. “It should feel mythic.”

Following Oppenheimer , Nolan’s latest takes him from quantum physics to ancient Greece , retelling

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