Christopher Nolan has courted controversy by, perhaps unwittingly, filming his Odyssey movie adaptation in a location that is politically problematic.

Christopher Nolan has been asked to stop filming scenes from The Odyssey in the city of Dakhla, located in the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. Why has Christopher Nolan received backlash for filming The Odyssey in a controversial location?

The Oscar-winning director of 'Oppenheimer' has shot scenes for his upcoming epic 'The Odyssey' in Dakhla, which has been under Moroccan occupation for 50 years. The filmmaker and his team have been accused of "perhaps unknowingly" contributing to Morocco’s “repression of the Sahrawi people.

Christopher Nolan has been criticized for shooting elements of Universal’s all-star epic 'The Odyssey' in Morocco-occupied Western Sahara.

The film is slated to hit theaters on July 17, 2026. It will star Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal and more.

Director Christopher Nolan is being asked to suspend production of his upcoming film The Odyssey in Western Sahara.

Nolan, who took home two Academy Awards for Oppenheimer in 2024, has chosen to film parts of The Odyssey in the desert landscape near Dakhla, an Atlantic city in Western Sahara. The area was recognized by US President Donald Trump as coming under Moroccan rule in 2020, opening up a wave of investment, development and tourism.

Imax 70mm tickets for Christopher Nolan's adaptation of 'The Odyssey' are now on sale, a year before the film's release.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who is currently caught up with the production of The Odyssey has run into some fresh trouble. The Interstellar director is facing massive backlash for filming The Odyssey in the disputed African destination of Dakhla.