Grok Imagine will make 'historically accurate' AI adaptation of Homer's Odyssey

Elon Musk announced that his AI platform Grok Imagine will produce a "historically accurate" film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey by year's end, following his criticism of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster version for its diverse casting. Musk's campaign against Nolan's film, which stars Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway and earned $264 million globally in its opening weekend with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes audience score, has had little apparent effect. Nolan dismissed AI's potential to replace human creativity in filmmaking, calling the notion "a nonsense.

Elon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting. In a post on X https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2079758604656316619 , Musk said: “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.” Musk also linked to a post containing a three-minute clip of footage that the user said had been generated from Grok Imagine, showing a scene between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso. Musk has been attempting to stoke a culture war around Nolan’s film, which stars Matt Damon as Odysseus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope, and was released on Friday to near-universal acclaim https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/the-odyssey-earns-near-universal-acclaim-as-full-reviews-published and achieved impressive box office results https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/the-odyssey-box-office . Before the film was released, Musk reposted abusive messages https://variety.com/2026/film/news/elon-musk-the-odyssey-lupita-nyongo-helen-of-troy-1236747385/ aimed at Nolan’s casting of Black actor Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, and trans actor Elliot Page as Sinon, adding that “ Nolan wants the awards” and that “ he has lost his integrity”. However, Musk’s efforts appear to have had little effect https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/the-odyssey-elon-musk-campaign , with The Odyssey taking US$264m £196m, A$378m at the global box office in its opening weekend and a 97% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the odyssey 2026 . In May, Nyong’o responded to rightwing critics, saying: “Our cast is representative of the world. I’m not spending my time thinking of a defence. The criticism will exist whether I engage with it or not”. More recently, Nolan said the backlash “comes with the territory https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/07/10/christopher-nolan-interview-odyssey-backlash/ ”, saying: “These conversations that happen before people see the film – they’re always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet.” The director was also withering in his assessment of the likely impact of artificial intelligence on film-making, saying: “The idea that it replaces human beings wholesale and human creativity, to me it’s a nonsense.” He added: “I’ve never seen a technology that’s been so successfully adopted by Wall Street and by investors and by tech companies that the public has so thoroughly rejected.”