The Only Actor Who Passed on Nolan’s The Odyssey Before Logan Marshall-Green
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey hits its first snag as Cosmo Jarvis exits just before filming over a scheduling clash, reportedly to lead the biopic Young Stalin; Logan Marshall-Green steps in.
If you are keeping score on Nolan news: The Odyssey just hit its first hiccup. Cosmo Jarvis exited right before cameras rolled because of a scheduling clash, and Logan Marshall-Green is sliding into his spot. The train, however, is still very much moving.
Jarvis out, Marshall-Green in
According to Deadline, Jarvis stepped away shortly before filming kicked off so he can gear up to play the title role in the biopic Young Stalin. No drama here — this was timing, not creative differences. Jarvis has had a big run lately with Shogun and Alex Garland's Warfare, and this is apparently the window he needed.
Logan Marshall-Green taking over makes sense on paper. Nolan being Nolan, nobody will say what role he is actually playing, or how big it is. But given the overlap in intensity between Jarvis and Marshall-Green, this feels like a clean handoff for a crucial supporting piece in a very crowded ensemble.
Who Logan Marshall-Green is, in one breath
Born November 1, 1976 in Charleston, South Carolina, raised partly in Rhode Island, theater kid through and through, MFA from NYU Tisch. You probably first noticed him as Trey Atwood on The O.C., then in 24, Traveler, Dark Blue, and Quarry. On the film side: Prometheus (2012), The Invitation (2015), Upgrade (2018), plus a stint in Spider-Man: Homecoming. He also directed Adopt a Highway with Ethan Hawke. Steady, versatile, and usually carrying a little voltage under the surface.
The marketing rollout is... aggressive
Screen Rant notes Nolan is doing the big-format tease again. A six-minute prologue is set to play in IMAX 70mm starting December 12, attached to IMAX screenings of Sinners and One Battle After Another. Then a full trailer lands December 19 in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash. There was already a teaser earlier this year that screened exclusively before Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman — a full year ahead of release. It is a lot of film to show early, but that is the Nolan IMAX way.
The movie itself
Nolan is shooting The Odyssey for Universal Pictures, his follow-up to the Best Picture-winning Oppenheimer, and he is using new-generation IMAX film gear to do it. The story is the classic post-Trojan War trek: Odysseus clawing his way home over ten years, tangling with a cyclops, sirens, the witch-goddess Circe, and every other mythic roadblock you remember from school.
- Matt Damon — Odysseus
- Tom Holland — Telemachus
- Anne Hathaway — Penelope
- Zendaya — Athena
- Lupita Nyong'o — Role under wraps
- Robert Pattinson — Antinous
- Charlize Theron — Circe
- Jon Bernthal — Menelaus
- John Leguizamo — Eumaeus
- Himesh Patel — Shipmate
- Will Yun Lee — Shipmate
- Mia Goth — Melantho
- Benny Safdie — Role under wraps
- Elliot Page — Role under wraps
- Bill Irwin — Role under wraps
- Samantha Morton — Role under wraps
- Jesse Garcia — Role under wraps
- Rafi Gavron — Role under wraps
- Shiloh Fernandez — Role under wraps
- Corey Hawkins — Role under wraps
- Nick E. Tarabay — Role under wraps
- Jimmy Gonzales — Role under wraps
- Maurice Compte — Role under wraps
- Michael Vlamis — Role under wraps
- Iddo Goldberg — Role under wraps
- Josh Stewart — Role under wraps
- Ryan Hurst — Role under wraps
- Anthony Molinari — Role under wraps
- Jovan Adepo — Role under wraps
- Logan Marshall-Green — Role under wraps
- James Remar — Role under wraps
Dates, format, and where to see it
The movie is set to open exclusively in theaters on July 17, 2026. There is no public full trailer online yet — just that teaser in theaters, with the IMAX prologue arriving December 12 and the full trailer hitting December 19. Streaming will come much later, timing dependent on Universal's release plan when we get there.
The read on the switch
This looks like a practical fix more than a creative pivot. Jarvis leaves to lead a different film; Marshall-Green slots in with a similar energy level; Nolan keeps the machine humming. With Matt Damon at the center as Odysseus and a murderers' row around him, the new addition probably grabs a meaty support role rather than a top-line shakeup. We will see when Nolan finally decides to tell us what is what.
Which actor do you think fits this world better for the part in question — Jarvis or Marshall-Green? Drop your picks, wild guesses, and dream roles below.