For context, the 70-second teaser began showing exclusively in theaters on July 1. However, if you were scrolling on X or TikTok that afternoon, you may have come across some leaked footage filmed in cinemas. (We do not condone filming in the movie theater!! Have some class!) Most of the leaked clips were swiftly taken down, and it is currently unclear whether Universal plans to release the teaser online. So, for those who haven’t caught it yet, here’s a summary of what the footage shows.
It begins with a sprawling shot of the ocean paired with some narration from someone who sounds like it could be R-Patz. “Darkness. Zeus’ laws smashed to pieces. A kingdom without a king since my master died. He knew it was an unwinnable war, and then somehow…somehow he won it,” he says, as the camera cuts to two different shots of what is presumably the Trojan Horse, which Odysseus uses to smuggle Greek soldiers into Troy and win the war.
We then get our first bit of onscreen acting in the form of a tense conversation between Tom Holland as Telemachus and a character played by Jon Bernthal. We don’t know yet who Jon is playing, but in the scene, Telemachus, with tears streaming down his face, asks: “I have to find out what happened to my father. When did you last see him?” In response, Jon’s character says, “Interested in rumor, huh? Gossip,” before yelling to the people around them, “Who has a story about Odysseus, huh? You!? You have a story!?”
This is followed by what appears to be our first look at Matt in action as an armored-up Odysseus. The shot shows a group of soldiers from behind as they walk through dark city streets holding torches. Words on a blank screen read: “One Year From Now,” alluding to the film’s release in July 2026. Another long shot shows a man in armor, presumably Odysseus, wielding his sword as he enters a cave, followed by other soldiers. Over the top of the visuals, Jon’s character continues: “Some say he’s rich, or some say he’s poor. Some say he perished. Some say he’s imprisoned. What say you?” Telemachus replies, “Imprisoned?”
“What kind of prison? Good, old man like that,” Jon’s character scoffs before we get a foreboding shot of Odysseus stranded at sea, lying on some scraps of wood in the middle of the dark ocean. “The Odyssey” and “17. 07. 26” appear on screen one after another, and the teaser concludes.
