Los Angeles: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan said it will take him at least three years before making another film following the release of The Odyssey.
"I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody's stamina, I think… I mean, it's The Odyssey; of course it should be difficult. We're not doing the job right making a film of The Odyssey if it doesn't seem difficult," he told Today in an interview.
Featuring Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Zendaya as Athena, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, and Charlize Theron as Calypso, among others, the film was released globally on Friday.
It has earned more than USD 200 million at the global box office.
The filmmaker recalled telling the cast and crew about making the film with IMAX cameras.
"If ever we are going to fulfil this dream of shooting the entire movie that way, this is the one. This is The Odyssey," he said.
The Odyssey follows the Greek king Odysseus (played by Damon) on a perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. Beset by vengeful gods, sea monsters and enchantresses, he fights to reunite with his wife, Penelope (Hathaway), and son, Telemachus (Holland).
The film is produced under Syncopy Inc. and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Actors Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo and Travis Scott, among others, round off the cast. They portray Menelaus, the King of Sparta, Eumaeus and a bard, respectively.
The film is based on Homer's ancient Greek poem, which has been adapted for the screen several times. The 1954 Italian-American co-production Ulysses starred Kirk Douglas as the Greek hero, while the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) served as a loose, satirical adaptation.
The 1997 adaptation The Odyssey, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, was broadcast as a two-part miniseries. It starred Armand Assante as Odysseus and Greta Scacchi as Penelope, following the Greek king's perilous decade-long journey home after the Trojan War.
