Contemporary off his epic journey house after the Trojan Warfare, Odysseus, performed by Matt Damon, has another journey deliberate. Which means getting on the Battle Bus and heading to Fortnite.
That is proper, the protagonist of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is coming to Epic Video games’ battle royale merchandise store tomorrow, Thursday, July sixteenth, following the sport’s subsequent large replace. This contains the addition of England legend David Beckham and a slew of swimsuit-clad Batman characters.
Epic Video games has launched footage of the Odysseus pores and skin in motion. Certainly, it’s clearly primarily based on Matt Damon’s likeness.
Fortnite leaker ShiinaBR additionally posted a picture of Odyssey’s second pores and skin, the large Agamemnon performed by Benny Safdie within the film.
Each ODYSSEY FORTNITE skins have been launched
Odysseus and Agamemnon drops on July sixteenth pic.twitter.com/9dQxDFamHx
β China (@ChinaBR) July 15, 2026
If you wish to strive your luck to get Odysseus without spending a dime, a typical in-game event will probably be held. Nevertheless, for almost all of gamers, even decrease ranked entries right here will a minimum of offer you an Odyssey-themed loading display.
It is onerous to think about that Homer (the poet, not Simpson) anticipated that the characters in his epic ode can be become Fortnite skins. Once more, there’s loads of speak like that, like an audio model of Michael Caine’s voice performed by an AI to learn a poem, or the fully AI-generated film The Odyssey being dubbed a “slopbuster” as an alternative of a blockbuster.
all Odyssey 2 hours 53 minutes Will probably be launched in theaters later this week on July 17, 2026. Along with a star-studded forged, followers can anticipate a film that Nolan says will probably be successful. Created to “get rid of” “cultural prejudices” in regards to the historical world. We will even characteristic this large sensible cyclops. So why is not it additionally in Fortnite?
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