Tom Holland Says Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is The “Best Script I’ve Ever Read”

Tom Holland is praising Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey after wrapping up production of the film and right before filming Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Holland is set to play Telemachus in Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s classic, which features a star-studded cast.

“The script is the best script I’ve ever read,” Holland told Agence France-Presse (via France 24).

On working with Nolan, Holland said the filmmaker “is a real collaborator,” adding, “He knows what he wants… but it is not an environment where you can’t pitch ideas or build characters in certain ways.”

The Odyssey is slated to premiere on July 17, 2026, and it is an adaptation of the epic poem from Homer and the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War.

The cast of the film includes Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, among many others.

It’s not the first time Holland praises his time with Nolan. In an interview with GQ posted in July, Holland called his experience “amazing” and “the job of a lifetime.”

“The best experience I’ve had on the film set. Incredible,” Holland told GQ. “It was exciting. It was different. And I think the movie is going to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen.”

He continued, “Working with Chris, getting to know him and Emma [Thomas] was absolutely fantastic. I’ve never seen someone that can work the way that they do, and there is a reason why they’re the best in the business for sure. To get a front row seat to that and to be a part of the process and to collaborate with a true master of his craft and learn from him was the best experience I’ve ever had.”