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Elon Musk says he\u2019ll beat Hollywood at its own game, pledging that his artificial intelligence venture will produce a full-length film of Homer\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d by year\u2019s end, one he insists will stay faithful to the ancient text in a way Christopher Nolan\u2019s blockbuster adaptation has not.<\/p>\n

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Musk, believed to be the first trillionaire in modern history, unveiled the project Tuesday evening on X, posting AI-generated footage from Grok Imagine depicting a scene from the epic poem. \u201cBefore this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,\u201d he wrote, offering no further details on production, casting or distribution.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post, Musk said he was \u201cdown\u201d with a fan\u2019s pitch to instead hand the project to actor and director Mel Gibson, backed by $100 million, to produce \u201can Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The announcement is the latest salvo in Musk\u2019s long-running feud with Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d a Matt Damon-led adaptation Musk has criticized repeatedly over its casting choices. In January, Musk wrote that \u201cChris Nolan lost his integrity,\u201d responding to a post that called the film \u201can insult to the author\u201d over the casting of Lupita Nyong\u2019o as Helen of Troy. In May, after conservative commentator Matt Walsh suggested Nolan cast Nyong\u2019o only to avoid being labeled \u201cracist,\u201d Musk replied with a single word: \u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s criticism hasn\u2019t dented the film\u2019s commercial performance, however. The R-rated, three-hour epic pulled in a $120 million opening weekend, according to Breitbart News, far exceeding pre-release industry projections of $80 million to $90 million.<\/p>\n

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