Musk says Grok will remake The Odyssey with AI by 2026
Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will produce a full-length, historically accurate Odyssey film by the end of 2026, after Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster opened to $264 million worldwide. Late-night host Seth Meyers mocked the plan, arguing Homer’s epic is myth—not history—and predicting the AI remake will flop.
Key Takeaways
- Musk pledged that Grok Imagine will deliver a full-length Odyssey movie that is “historically accurate” and “true to the art of Homer” before 2026 ends.
- Nolan’s Universal epic opened to about $264 million worldwide, undercutting earlier “go woke, go broke” attacks on its casting.
- Musk had criticized Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy and labeled Nolan an “anti-White racist” before release.
- Seth Meyers ridiculed the AI plan on Late Night, saying he “can’t wait for that to suck” and noting The Odyssey is a myth.
What did Elon Musk announce about Grok and The Odyssey?
According to Variety, Musk broke his post-release silence on Nolan’s hit by posting on X that Grok Imagine would make a full-length Odyssey film by year-end—timed for awards season.
He shared the claim alongside an AI-generated three-minute Odyssey short posted by an X user. The pledge follows months of public attacks on Nolan’s casting choices before the Universal release.
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Why are critics questioning a historically accurate AI Odyssey?
Variety notes Homer’s nearly 2,800-year-old poem features cyclopes, multi-headed monsters, and a witch who turns sailors into pigs—elements that make any “historically accurate” claim hard to square with a work widely treated as fiction.
Musk’s earlier criticism centered on race and casting. In March he called Nolan an “anti-White racist” and said Nyong’o was cast only because “He wants the awards.” Variety observed that the all-white AI cast in the short he amplified appears closer to what Musk prefers, though that reading is not confirmed.
He had also backed transphobic posts about Elliot Page, whom many initially thought would play Achilles; Page was later confirmed as Sinon.
How did Seth Meyers respond to Musk’s Grok plan?
The Guardian reports Meyers mocked right-wing claims that Nolan’s film was a “commie woke-fest,” joking that Maga pundits had become “poem cops.”
On Nyong’o as Helen, Meyers stressed the character’s mythic origin—“white lady stuff,” he joked—and said the $264 million opening showed “woke is back.” Of Musk’s Grok remake, Meyers said: “I can’t wait for that to suck,” adding: “It’s a myth! Are you also making a historically accurate version of The Santa Clause?”
What does Nolan’s box office say about the backlash?
Variety says the film earned a massive $264 million worldwide opening weekend and looks set to become Nolan’s highest-grossing title to date. That haul landed despite Musk’s pre-release campaign against casting.
Meyers framed the misfire as part of a broader pattern of bad cultural calls from the right, arguing many critics “haven’t seen a movie in theatres since Fast and Furious.” Whether Grok can ship a full feature by December remains Musk’s claim—not a finished product.
For now, Nolan’s human-made epic is the box-office proof point, while Musk’s historically accurate Grok Odyssey is still a promise on X.