By Zack Sharf
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Universal “The Odyssey” is destined to be one of Christopher Nolan‘s most epic movies given the subject matter, but it won’t be his longest. Speaking to the Associated Press, the Oscar winner confirmed his upcoming tentpole “is shorter” than “Oppenheimer.”
“It’s an epic film, as the subject matter demands,” Nolan told the outlet. “But it is shorter.”
“Oppenheimer,” Nolan’s best picture-winning biographical drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, had a runtime of 180 minutes. But a three-hour length and an R rating couldn’t stop the movie from becoming a blockbuster with a whopping $975 million at the worldwide box office. Expectations are accordingly sky high for “The Odyssey.” One would think the film’s action elements would make it an inherently easier sell to audiences than the predominantly talky “Oppenheimer,” which clearly had no problem being sold to audiences in the first place based on the strength of Nolan’s brand.
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