Nolan confirmed to Empire Magazinelast year that Warner Bros. initially asked him to direct 2004 historical epic Troy. Following the success of 200's Memento and 2002's Insomnia, he was hired by the studio to helm the Brad Pitt movie. The studio wanted to keep the director in the studio space, so they offered him Troy.
“Wolfgang [Petersen] had developed it, and so when the studio decided not to proceed with his superhero movie [‘Batman Vs Superman’], he wanted it back,” Nolan explained in 2025. Ironically, Nolan told the outlet that they offered him Batman Begins as a “consolation prize,” after Troy fell apart.
Wolfgang Petersen and Diane Kruger, Brad Pitt, Australian Rose Byrne and Eric Bana arrive at the European premiere of their movie Troy at the Kono Cinestar cinema in Berlin on 09 May 2004.MICHAEL KAPPELER/DDP/AFP via Getty Images
The Odyssey, which is projected to make a billion, sees Nolan fulfill his dream of bringing the Trojan war to life on the big screen. The film follows Matt Damon's Odysseus as he tries to find his way home from the war.
Despite mixed reviews, the film, which also starred Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger, earned nearly $500 million worldwide. Nolan went on to make Batman Begins instead, which earned $375.4 million and transformed superhero movies forever.
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