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Meet 'The Odyssey' Movie Cast

Matt Damon

Matt Damon is known for roles in Good Will Hunting and Jason Bourne, and he just starred in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Tom Holland

In addition to the Spider-Man films, Tom Holland recently starred in The Crowded Room and Cherry, both on Apple TV.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway had a great 2024 with The Idea of You, and we'll see The Princess Diaries actress in Colleen Hoover's Verity movie soon!

Zendaya

We saw Zendaya in Dune 2 and Challengers last year, and in addition to joining The Odyssey cast, she'll return as Rue in Euphoria season 3.

Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyong'o totally made us cry during The Wild Robot and A Quiet Place: Day One, and she'll probably do the same in The Odyssey TBH.

Robert Pattinson

Mickey17 and The Batman Part II are two of Robert Pattinson's upcoming movies, in addition to another job with Zendaya called The Drama.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron recently starred in FastX as well as Netflix's The School for Good and Evil and Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Who does Tom Holland play in The Odyssey?

While we have The Odyssey cast list, we haven't gotten confirmation on which roles the actors are playing...yet. (Although to be fair, we also don't know if this will be a classic adaptation or a reimagining). However, fans are already speculating who we'll see in each role!

I'd love for Robert Pattinson to star as Odysseus alongside Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Tom Holland as Telemachus. Zendaya would be amazing as Athena, while Lupita Nyong'o would definitely stun as Circe. Who knows — maybe we'll see some unexpected casting choices too! Charlize Theron as Zeus and Matt Damon as Poseidon? Yes please.

Who is the villain in The Odyssey?

There's more than one villain in The Odyssey, but one role that definitely stands out is Poseidon. The sea god does everything he can to prevent Odysseus from returning to Ithaca during his sea voyage. TLDR; this definitely isn't your average vacation cruise.

1. Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

Get ready because Bridget Jones is coming back for her biggest adventure yet! Adapted from Helen Fielding's Mad About the Boy, the fourth movie in this franchise will follow Bridget as she navigates the death of her husband, being a single mother, and exploring an age gap relationship.

2. The Electric State by Simon Stalenhag

Millie Bobby Brown is breathing life into a new character in the movie adaptation of The Electric State! Starring alongside Chris Pratt, she'll team up with an unlikely anti-hero (Pratt) and a robot as they all search for something in this heartwarming movie about what could happen in a world where technology rules all.

Release Date: March 14, 2025

3. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

Do we need another movie reboot? It depends on who you ask. If you were a fan of the first film, you'll love seeing a continuation of I Know What You Did Last Summer. You'll have to wait to learn about a new storyline, but the cast has been confirmed:

• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Freddie Prinze, Jr.
• Austin Nichols
• Chase Sui-Wonders
• Sarah Pidgeon
• Madelyn Cline
• Tyriq Withers
• Jonah Haur-King
• Nicholas Alexander Chavez
• Gabriette

Release Date: July 18, 2025

4. Verity by Colleen Hoover

Verity is on everyone's lips and for good reason! Written by Colleen Hoover, it introduces Lowen Ashleigh to the less than stellar lives of popular author Verity Crawford and her husband Jeremy. It's full of shocking twists that readers couldn't get enough of so there's much anticipation for the film adaptation of this novel.

We know Dakota Johnson will be playing Lowen Ashleigh while Anne Hatheway will star as Verity Crawford with Josh Hartnett taking the role of Jeremy. According to PEOPLE, Amazon MGM Studios is backing this powerhouse movie though a release date has yet to be shared.

5. The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig

Next up is Matthew Haig's The Midnight Library. It's being produced by StudioCanal and Blueprint Pictures to bring main character Nora Seed's incredible journey to the big screen (via The Hollywood Reporter). Readers will get to see her introduction to the incredible library that allows her to live different lives.

Release Date: TBD

6. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

We love Emily Henry so we're excited to see People We Meet on Vacationget a film adaption in 2025. Written by the charming and witty Emily Henry, the book follows the 'best friends to lovers' troupe that we can't help falling for. Starring Emily Bader as Poppy and Tom Blyth as Alex, readers will get to watch their characters embody the sometimes hilarious frustration of realizing two people aren't better off as friends. Other cast members include Sarah Catherine Hook, Jameela Jamil, Lucien Laviscount, and Lukas Gage (via Deadline).

Release Date: TBD

7. Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Earlier this year,The Hollywood Reporter shared an exciting update about the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Klara And The Sun. Not only will it be directed by Taika Waititi, but Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams will be starring in it! Ortega will play the titular character, an A.I. "robot" that Adams' character buys "for her teenager."

Release Date: TBD

8. The Hunting Wives by May Cobb

This book felt like reading something from an alternate timelines of The Real Housewives or The Stepford Wives being that it features familiar troupes. The most glaring difference is the reality that there's form of corruption and murder that takes place when a mom moves to the south with her family. She encounters a fun "socialite" who becomes her main focal point until she realizes all that glitters isn't gold. But by then, it's too late (via Variety).

Instead of going to theaters, viewers will be able to watch this series and it's cast on Starz:

• Chrissy Metz as Starr
• Jaime Ray Newman as Callie
• Katie Lowes as Jill
• George Ferrier as Brad
• Malin Åkerman as Margo
• Brittany Snow as Sophie
• Dermot Mulroney
• Evan Jonigkeit

Release Date: TBD

9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid is another author who's incredible work made it to our TBR pile this year so we're excited to see The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo being adapted for film. Netflix has their hands all over this movie and we don't blame them! Cast information isn't available yet, but fans can expect this adaptation to closely follow the plot of the book.

As a refresher, up-and-coming writer Monique Grant is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pen the biography of the popular star Evelyn Hugo. The latter gets candid about the marriages that didn't last and everything she's kept hidden from others. Eventually, she'll reveal the connection she has to Grant which will change the perception the writer had about one aspect of her life.

Release Date: TBD

10. The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden

The Housemaid is another book to film adaptation we can't wait to watch because it stars Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!, Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, Anyone But You), and Brandon Sklenar (It Ends With Us). Sweeney will play Nina, a woman who becomes a maid for Nina (Seyfried) and her husband in their glamorous home. It'll also star Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins, and Phoebe Dynevor!

Release Date: TBD

Is Friday Night Lights getting a reboot?

Yes, Friday Night Lights is getting a reboot! The news was announced at the end of 2024, and we'll once again see a local football team up against the odds. According to the show's official logline, "following a devastating hurricane, a rag tag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship becoming a beacon of light for their town."

Will we see anyone from the original show?

The Friday Night Lights reboot cast hasn't been confirmed just yet, but one OG cast member just revealed we might see a few familiar faces. "I've been asked and we'll leave it at that," Taylor Kitsch (who played Tim Riggins) told SiriusXM’s The Spotlight. "I would come in and do something that maybe for an episode or something." He even pitches the idea that he could "maybe play an opposing team's coach or something and be on screen for like eight seconds. I would do that."

If Taylor's been asked then I'll bet some of our other favorite cast members have heard rumblings of the reboot as well. I'd love to see Zach Gilford and Minka Kelly return in literally any capacity.

Although Kyle Chandler (who starred as fan favorite coach Eric Taylor) revealed on TODAY he hasn't gotten any calls...yet. “I don’t know what I’ll say [if I’m asked].”

The Friday Night Lights cast included to Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Aimee Teegarden, Minka Kelly, Michael B. Jordan, Adrianne Palicki, Taylor Kitsch, Zach Gilford, and Jesse Plemons.

Where can I watch the Friday Night Lights reboot?

We don't have a Friday Night Lights release date to give you just yet, but we do know we'll be able to stream the new TV show on Peacock. Stay tuned for more!