Nolan's The Odyssey Prologue Screens in 10 Theaters

A six-minute prologue from Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic "The Odyssey" began screening in select theaters this weekend, offering audiences an early glimpse into the director's adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek poem. The footage plays ahead of IMAX 70mm rereleases of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another," which started Friday and will continue for one week. These screenings are limited to just 10 theaters worldwide, including eight in the United States, one in Canada and one in the United Kingdom.

The prologue recreates the climactic Trojan Horse stratagem at the end of the Trojan War, a key element in the mythology surrounding Odysseus, though not central to Homer's "Odyssey" itself. It opens with Jon Bernthal's King Menelaus of Sparta recounting the tale to Tom Holland's Telemachus, Odysseus's son, with the line, "Did you hear it from the inside?" Viewers then see Matt Damon as Odysseus and his Greek soldiers concealed within the massive wooden horse as it is pulled into the city of Troy. Tension builds as Trojans celebrate the apparent peace offering, while the Greeks inside remain silent, even stifling a comrade's cry when a...