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Odyssey premieres July 17; Warframe launches Tau noir update

7/16/2026

Summary

Story summary

The Odyssey premieres July 17, 2026, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland.
Reviewers praise Hathaway’s Penelope, Damon’s vulnerable Odysseus and Hoyte van Hoytema’s gritty cinematography as the 173-minute film follows Odysseus’s post-Trojan voyage.
Digital Extremes announced the 2026 Warframe: Tau noir update set in Fornax, adding crime boss Hunra (voiced by Jonathan Bullock) and the track “View From the Top” by Matt Chamblers, Eric Preston and Jill Harris.

History

Historical Context

The 1997 NBC miniseries “The Odyssey,” directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Armand Assante, aired beginning May 18 1997 and won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing, earning a 79% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Its commercial and critical success proved classical epics could attract large TV audiences, a model the 2026 Damon-Hathaway-Holland film and Warframe’s mythic update now follow.

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Story summary

The Odyssey premieres July 17, 2026, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland.
Reviewers praise Hathaway’s Penelope, Damon’s vulnerable Odysseus and Hoyte van Hoytema’s gritty cinematography as the 173-minute film follows Odysseus’s post-Trojan voyage.
Digital Extremes announced the 2026 Warframe: Tau noir update set in Fornax, adding crime boss Hunra (voiced by Jonathan Bullock) and the track “View From the Top” by Matt Chamblers, Eric Preston and Jill Harris.

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