After 20 years, Christopher Nolan is finally getting his ancient Greek cinematic moment with his upcoming adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey .

The 2x Oscar winner recently joked that his directing gig on Batman Begins was a “consolation prize” after a shuffling of projects ended up with director Wolfgang Petersen returning to Troy after his Batman vs. Superman was scrapped at Warner Bros. , only for the studio to give Nolan reins to the Dark Knight.

“I was originally hired by Warner Bros. to direct Troy ,” he told Empire . “Wolfgang had developed it, and so when the studio decided not to proceed with his superhero movie [ Batman vs. Superman ], he wanted [ Troy ] back.”

Nolan continued, “At the end of the day, it was a world that I was very interested to explo

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