Elon Musk Claims That Before the End of 2026, Grok Will Make a Full-Length AI Movie of The Odyssey 'That Is Historically Accurate and True to the Art of Homer'

Elon Musk has claimed that Grok volition marque an AI movie of The Odyssey “that is historically close and existent to the creation of Homer,” by the extremity of 2026. He did not marque immoderate assertion astir whether it would beryllium immoderate good.

Musk made the prediction portion retweeting a 3-minute, AI-generated video of The Odyssey. “Before this twelvemonth ends, Grok Imagine volition marque a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically close and existent to the creation of Homer,” Musk said.

Before this twelvemonth ends, Grok Imagine volition marque a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically close and existent to the creation of Homer https://t.co/bVHzUmY9WN

Musk's remark present comes arsenic small surprise, fixed the X and Tesla proprietor was a vocal professional of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey successful the tally up to its merchandise successful theaters. Much of the online backlash, specified arsenic it is, revolved astir blimpish complaints that Nolan's The Odyssey would beryllium “woke” for starring transgender histrion Elliot Page (Sinon), rapper Travis Scott (the Bard), and achromatic histrion Lupita Nyong'o (Helen of Troy and her sister, Clytemnestra).

“This is simply a mythological story,” Nyong’o said successful May. “I’m precise supportive of Chris’ volition with it and with the mentation of this communicative that helium is telling. Our formed is typical of the world. I’m not spending my clip reasoning of a defense. The disapproval volition beryllium whether I prosecute with it oregon not.”

She added: “It’s rather thing to beryllium a portion of The Odyssey, due to the fact that it is truthful grand. It spans worlds. So that’s wherefore the formed is what it is. We’re occupying the epic communicative of our time.”

Based connected the AI video helium has retweeted, Musk would see an all-white mentation of The Odyssey to beryllium “historically close and existent to the creation of Homer.” British accents look okay, though.

Ahead of release, The Odyssey was debated crossed the net for its casting choices, immoderate of its armor design, and the determination to person its characters talk with modern dialog and successful mostly modern American accents. High-profile Greek translators person said they bash not instrumentality contented with immoderate of that. Rather, their gripes revolve astir immoderate of the quality and communicative changes Nolan has made.

Prof Daniel Mendelsohn, whose translation of Homer's poem was published past year, said astatine the UK's Hay Festival successful May that helium was amused by "all of these bros abruptly worrying astir Greek literature". According to a study successful The Telegraph, Mendelsohn said: "What's truthful comic is that Helen has the tiniest relation successful The Odyssey… truthful the statement is peculiarly silly."

Nolan himself volition apt beryllium unbothered by Musk and immoderate menace from AI to The Odyssey. His adaptation blew distant container bureau expectations with an opening play that brought location an unthinkable $264.064 cardinal worldwide. The divided puts the adaptation astatine a home haul of $124.5 million, with planetary markets accounting for the different $139.564 million. The planetary full marks Nolan's biggest container bureau opening play ever, towering implicit his erstwhile achievements, including The Dark Knight Rises astatine $249 cardinal and The Dark Knight astatine $198 million.

The Odyssey is besides critically acclaimed, with a 94% standing connected Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, and a 97% standing connected its Popcornmeter. IGN's The Odyssey reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: "The Odyssey adapts Homer done a caller oculus that brings a consciousness of fearfulness and existential angst to the communicative – and immoderate wit too. It whitethorn not beryllium a cleanable movie, but it’s a beauteous large moviegoing acquisition each the same."

Director Ash Koosha precocious raised eyebrows for releasing a teaser for Odysseus: The Fall, different instrumentality connected The Odyssey made wholly by AI. Nolan, meanwhile, has dismissed the tech. “The absorbing happening with AI is I’ve ne'er seen a exertion that’s been truthful successfully adopted by Wall Street and by investors and by tech companies that the nationalist has truthful thoroughly rejected,” helium told AFP successful Paris.

“It’s conscionable benignant of an unusual thing. Young radical successful particular, they coined this word ‘AI slop’,” helium added. “There’s a benignant of disdain for things AI.”

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