A seven-minute excerpt of an Odyssey produced by the artificial intelligence lab Grok Imagine, owned by Elon Musk, has been posted on the social platform X, according to Variety.
Elon Musk had pledged in July to create a version of the epic that would be “historically accurate and faithful to the art of Homer.” He initiated the project partly after publicly criticizing Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation released this summer; Musk has previously accused Nolan of racial bias over casting decisions, notably because Lupita Nyong’o plays the role of Trojan Helen in Nolan’s film.
The newly shared clip is the first of what is planned as a series of shorter episodes. Musk has said he intends to complete his AI-generated Odyssey by the end of 2026; the project appears not to be a single feature film but rather multiple brief installments released on X. The initial seven-minute segment is already available on the platform.
Production of the clip involved Wonder Studios and Dev Walker, both known for work on AI-driven film projects. Compared with earlier AI-generated trailers circulated by X users, the latest excerpt looks more polished visually, but it still suffers from major storytelling issues: observers say it feels more like a confusing teaser than a sequence based on a coherent screenplay.
By contrast, Christopher Nolan’s large-scale, Oscar-winning Odysseus adaptation made significant waves in cinemas: it was the first major feature shot entirely on IMAX 70 mm film cameras, a format that can currently be projected in only 41 cinemas worldwide, including a Prague venue where the film was screened. Nolan’s film achieved record box-office returns and was popular with audiences; critics were generally positive, while classicists and philologists were more divided over his approach to adapting Homer.
Musk’s Grok Imagine project can therefore be seen both as a reaction to and a parallel initiative alongside Nolan’s film: an attempt to present what Musk considers a more faithful Odyssey produced by AI and distributed as short episodes on X.
