Christopher Nolan is one of the most popular and circularly dear directors working today in Hollywood. Not only does he make valued epics like "Danki", but his films are also incredibly popular. Oppenheimer made nearly $ 1 billion and won the best Oscars image. That mix of financial success and recognition in the industry is extremely rare. But Nolan was not always a list of A, who could choose the projects he wanted essentially to his own will. Case in point: Although he is "Odyssey" while talking, he had previously flirted with another Greek film about mythology, who ended up going to another director.

Recently, writer David Goyer spoke with "Happy Sad Confused" Podcast in honor of the 20th anniversary of "Batman begins", directed by Nolan. "I heard that Chris could develop a new movie in Batman and I remember telling my agent:" Well, it will never be done, "Goyer said. "None of those guys could do it."

Until Goyer's point, many writers tried to make a movie "Batman" off the field in Warner's Bros.. After the failure of "Batman and Robin" by Elloel Schumacher. Nolan became the man who made it happen, but it was only after, according to Goyer, he was offered DC's desired superhero as a reward for comfort for not directing "Troy" in 2004. Here's what he had to say about it:

"The irony is that Batman seems to have been a comforting award for Chris because he developed" Troy ". Then, at some point, Troy was transferred and was given to (Wolfgang Petersen).

There is a lot to expose himself there, but let's start with the fact that yes, Wolfgang Petersen was scheduled to direct too dark version of "Batman vs. Superman" Written by Andrew Kevin Walker ("Seven") in the early 2000s, more than a decade before Zac Snyder achieved reality with 2016 "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice". As Goyer says, Warner Bros. released that version and Petersen ended with "Troy", starring Brad Pitt in the retelling of Homer "Iliad".

Meanwhile, Nolan, who came out of "Memento" and "Insomnia", was then offered a chance to make a new movie "Batman" from the ground. An article of 2013 The deadline He revealed that "Nolan had to direct" Troy "(released in 2004), but he did not feel it", and because he always had an interest in Batman, he used the takeover of the franchise for sb directors. With "Batman begins" in 2005 the complete redevelopment of the big screen superhero.

It paved the way for "Dark Knight" in 2008, which remains one of the most famous mainstream blockbusters of all time, as well as for 2012 "The Dark Knight is rising," that was, for some time, DC's highest film ever. However, it doesn't sound like it is, based on the deadline for the deadline, that Batman was in any way comfort for Nolan. In any case, it is interesting to consider a world in which he directed "Troy", which was a really big movie, instead of making "Batman starts" because he would change the whole trajectory in his career.

Meanwhile, Nolan is currently filming "Odyssey" for universal paintingsGreek EP with an ordered team that is also based on Homer's works (to simplify it is essentially a continuation of the events of Troy). No matter how serious his flirting with Troy is all those years ago, it is fascinating that it all comes in some way more than 20 years later.

Odyssey is due to hit theaters on July 17, 2026.