Producer Emma Thomas, left, and director Christopher Nolan pose for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film "The Odyssey" on July 5 in London.AP/YONHAP
Handwritten letter from filmmaker Christopher Nolan to Korean fansUNIVERSAL PICTURES
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan and actors Matt Damon and Charlize Theron will visit Korea on August 3, according to Universal Pictures on Monday.
“I'm very excited to share that I’ll be visiting Seoul as ‘Odyssey’ arrives in Korea this August,” Nolan said ahead of his first visit to Korea, which is to mark the theater release of his latest work, “The Odyssey.”
“I'm deeply grateful for the support and love you’ve shown for my films,” Nolan added in his handwritten letter.
“I’m especially delighted that ‘Odyssey’ will bring me to Seoul and I’ll get to celebrate the film with Korean audiences in person.”
The upcoming visit reportedly came at Nolan’s determined request to showcase the film to Korean movie fans himself — despite multiple previous attempts to visit Korea that fell through.
Nolan has a solid fan base in Korea. His 2014 film "Interstellar" attracted more than 10 million admissions, the benchmark for box-office success in the country. It was one of four films that reached the mark that year.
Besides the director, Damon, who played the protagonist Odysseus in the film, will return to Korea after his last visit in 2016 as part of promotional activity for “Jason Bourne” (2016). Theron, playing the female lead , Calypso, is set to make her first official visit to Korea.
"The Odyssey" chronicles the grueling 10-year journey of Odysseus, the legendary Greek king and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return home to his wife Penelope, played by Anne Hathaway.
"The Odyssey" will be available in Korean theaters starting Aug. 5.
Update, July 6: More information about Nolan's film history in Korea and "The Odyssey" added.
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
