Back in May 2025, it was revealed that Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” ” would be the first feature film shot entirely with Imax 70mm cameras. That announcement sparked interest from other filmmakers.
As “The Odyssey’s” box office sails to nearly $300 million domestically, with Imax 70mm screenings sold out for weeks in advance, a source at Imax says that success is likely to launch interest in shooting entirely on Imax into another stratosphere.
Ever since Nolan first used Imax on “The Dark Knight,” he’s been working towards this. Visually, “The Odyssey” is sharper, and the projection is much brighter making the audience experience even more immersive.
But which filmmakers aside from Nolan have the skill and resources to shoot a film entirely on Imax?
Shooting with the cameras isn’t cheap. “The Odyssey” cost $250 million to produce and is the most expensive film of Nolan’s career to date. Raw film stock alone costs approximately $1.50 per foot, and with the production sailing through two million feet of film, that total alone equates to roughly $3 million.
