Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey will be the first movie shot entirely on IMAX film

When it launches next summer, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Greek epic The Odyssey will be historic in more ways than one: it will be the first feature film ever shot entirely on IMAX film. The Odyssey isn’t the first film to be shot entirely using IMAX hardware — that honor belongs to Avengers: Infinity War — but it’s the first to do so while shooting on film, rather than digital. IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond announced the news during a press lunch as part of the Cannes film festival on Thursday, revealing that it began as a challenge from Nolan. “Chris called me up and said, ‘If you can figure out how to solve the problems, I will make [Odyssey] 100 percent in IMAX.’ And that’s what we’re doing,” Gelfond told The Hollywood Reporter. “He forced us to rethink that side of our business, our film recorders, our film cameras.” The new cameras are reportedly both lighter and 30 percent quieter. Gelfond says the company has also developed new film scanning and processing techniques to make ... Read full article.