{"id":10158,"date":"2026-07-15T22:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/the-odysseys-matt-damon-is-journeying-into-fortnite\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:26:43","slug":"the-odysseys-matt-damon-is-journeying-into-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/the-odysseys-matt-damon-is-journeying-into-fortnite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odyssey&#8217;s Matt Damon is Journeying Into Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fresh from his epic journey home after the Trojan War, Matt Damon&#8217;s Odysseus has one more trip planned: riding the battle bus into Fortnite. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That&#8217;s right, the hero of Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey will land in Epic Games&#8217; battle royale item shop tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, following the game&#8217;s next big update. That&#8217;s the same one that&#8217;s adding England legend David Beckham, as well as a slew of Batman characters in swimsuits.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Epic Games has shown off footage of Odysseus&#8217; skin in action \u2014 and yes, it&#8217;s clearly based on the likeness of Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fortnite leaker ShiinaBR has also posted an image of a second The Odyssey skin, that of the hulking Agamemnon, played by Benny Safdie in the movie.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BOTH ODYSSEY FORTNITE SKINS REVEALED<\/p>\n<p>Odysseus and Agamemnon drop on July 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9dQxDFamHx\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9dQxDFamHx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shiina (@ShiinaBR) July 15, 2026 <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">If you fancy trying your luck at getting Odysseus for free, there&#8217;s a typical in-game tournament to try and do so. For the vast majority of players, however, a low-ranking entry here will at least award you an Odyssey-themed loading screen.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It&#8217;s hard to imagine Homer (the poet, not the Simpson) anticipating that anyone from his epic ode would get turned into a Fortnite skin. Then again, there&#8217;s plenty of that going around \u2014 such as the audio version of the poem read by an AI reproduction of Michael Caine&#8217;s voice, or the entirely AI-generated Odyssey movie that has been labelled as &#8220;Slopbuster&#8221; rather than a blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Odyssey Cast and Characters: Who&#8217;s Who in the Christopher Nolan Film<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All 2 hours and 53 minutes of The Odyssey set sail in theaters later this week on July 17, 2026. In addition to its star-studded cast, fans can expect a film that Nolan says he crafted to &#8220;do away&#8221; with &#8220;cultural prejudices&#8221; about the ancient world. It will also feature an enormous practical Cyclops. Now why isn&#8217;t that joining Fortnite too?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em>@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from his epic journey home after the Trojan War, Matt Damon&#8217;s Odysseus has one more trip planned: riding the battle bus into Fortnite. That&#8217;s right, the hero of Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey will land in Epic Games&#8217; battle royale item shop tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, following the game&#8217;s next big update. 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