Christopher Nolan at last year's Oscars

Christopher Nolan’s huge-scale adaptation of The Odyssey already looks set to be one of the most talked-about movies of 2026.

Boasting a stacked all-star cast, never-before-seen technology, ambitious settings and, of course, hugely revered source material, the Oscar winner is following his epic Oppenheimer with an even bigger swing, that could well set a new bar when it comes to blockbuster filmmaking.

However, the much-hyped film hasn’t been without its controversies, even at this early stage – and it’s currently at the centre of another due to Chris’ choice of filming location.

This is the story so far…

What is the latest controversy surrounding Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey?

The film follows Odysseus, played by Oppenheimer’s Matt Damon, on his epic trek across the globe to make his way home at the end of the Trojan War.

Because of this, filming has already been underway all over the world, with scenes having so far been shot in rural Iceland, the Mediterranean, a Scottish castle and a soundstage in Los Angeles, as well as Greece, where the story originated.

Earlier this month, both Matt and his co-star Zendaya were reported to be filming a sequence in Dakhla, a city in the Western Sahara which has been........

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