Yeah, "The Odyssey" is getting a big promo push but is scalping tickets for a movie really happening?

On one of the talk shows someone declared "The Odyssey" the most anticipated movie of all time. Uhhh, I think people were more excited about the release of "The Empire Strikes Back."

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Originally posted by catskilleagle:
Yeah, "The Odyssey" is getting a big promo push but is scalping tickets for a movie really happening?

In New York people are paid to stand in line for someone else. They shop for groceries for someone else. They walk someone else's dog and get their dry cleaning. Say you offer concierge services and there is no end to what you can do for someone else.

But yes, its true, the IMAX theatre is sold out and some of those ticket holders got them just to resell. Now are they really getting $400 and up? That's what the radio's been reporting this morning, but I would question that amount for any film.

For a sold-out live concert of somebody with a following, New York scalpers can get that easy. Somehow people find the money for this stuff.

TOY STORY 5 is now the # 1 film of the year, domestically.

THE ODYSSEY is # 10 and climbing.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, MOANA, and SUPERGIRL are way, way down the list at # 19, 20 and 21.

The Odyssey is up to 286 M domestically making it the # 5 film of the year

So I'm guessing "The Iliad" has already been greenlit?
Maybe they'll just go with "Odyssey 2: The Revenge of Polyphemus Jr.".

I heard this morning that all 41 IMAX theatres showing "The Odyssey" are sold out thru September. It most certainly will end up as a top box office film for the year.

Maybe it's become a drinking game. Maybe Paganism is the new thing. Other than that, I can't believe millions of people understood and agreed with the themes expressed, not in Homer's "The Odyssey", but in Nolan's twisted version of "The Odyssey".

It's a good thing my heroes have always been cowboys. Let's just hope Nolan doesn't decide to make a new imaging of the battle of the Alamo.

That's actually what's next for him, Nolan's re-telling of "The Alamo", starring Timothee Chalamet as Jim Bowie and Tyler The Creator as Davy Crockett. It's setting is being updated to occur in the far-flung future, and on Mars instead of Texas. Music by Chappell Roan.

Throw in Javier Bardem as General Santa Anna, Sean Penn as "fight to the death" William B. Travis and a musical number from the cast of Hamilton and it's another Nolan masterpiece.

Whatever the themes are, people are flocking to it because it has become the movie to see. They want to see the battles and the giant Cyclops we get just a glimpse of in one of the commercials.

I remember seeing a couple of early IMAX documentaries (one on sharks) in the late 90's at the theater in Balboa Park, San Diego while I was in town to go to San Diego Comic-Con.

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Originally posted by Raven:
I heard this morning that all 41 IMAX theatres showing "The Odyssey" are sold out thru September. It most certainly will end up as a top box office film for the year.

Maybe it's become a drinking game. Maybe Paganism is the new thing. Other than that, I can't believe millions of people understood and agreed with the themes expressed, not in Homer's "The Odyssey", but in Nolan's twisted version of "The Odyssey".

It's a good thing my heroes have always been cowboys. Let's just hope Nolan doesn't decide to make a new imaging of the battle of the Alamo.

Those are the 41 IMAX equipped for 70mm, and that's all there are, worldwide. (I actually have one not too far away from us.) There are many, many more regular IMAX theaters, but those 41 are considered to be the ultimate viewing experience. Since this movie was filmed in Imax in its entirety, and not just parts of it (which has usually been the case), and it has hit big, it's quickly become the crowning glory for the format.

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Originally posted by Raven:
Throw in Javier Bardem as General Santa Anna, Sean Penn as "fight to the death" William B. Travis and a musical number from the cast of Hamilton and it's another Nolan masterpiece.

Ooh, that's some hot info, but I'm hearing they're circling around Salma Hayek for Santa Anna.

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Originally posted by chesspieceface:
Ooh, that's some hot info, but I'm hearing they're circling around Salma Hayek for Santa Anna.

Well, why not? Santa Anna was his surname, but there must be casting inclusivity, so it's close enough.