Elon Musk says he'd give Mel Gibson $100M to make an 'accurate' Odyssey film

techJul 27, 202629217

Elon Musk posted that he would be “down” to give Mel Gibson 100 million dollars to make a purportedly "historically accurate" film version of The Odyssey after showing an AI-created Grok clip and saying Grok Imagine will make a full-length, Homer-faithful movie before year’s end. Musk has publicly criticized Christopher Nolan over casting choices in Nolan’s hit Odyssey, including Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, while Nolan’s film continues to set box-office and critical records. Forbes notes many social-media users oppose the film and that an AI-made Odyssey clip has already circulated with negative attention. The article points out Gibson’s recent work, including the 2025 film Flight Risk which holds a 28 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, and that Gibson is reportedly tied up with two-part Resurrection of the Christ films planned for 2027 and 2028. Forbes also cautions Musk often promises projects he may not ultimately fund, citing his past financial support for actress Gina Carano after her firing. With Spider-Man: Brand New Day set to challenge box office dominance soon, Forbes says Nolan’s Odyssey likely has only about a week more at the top of ticket sales, making any competing Odyssey project time-sensitive.

Schooley

@schooley.bsky.social

Has Elon Musk promised Mel Gibson a hundred million dollars to make "Trump x Washington: A Time Travel Epic" yet?

1136h ago

Schooley65

No Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore in that Ai slop poster Trump truthed. I can almost guarantee that when he was told there's no way to add his head up there he pondered out loud who he could replace.

His Grace, the Duke of Ankh, CDR Sir Samuel Vimes1

They’re just working out how to work some antisemitism into 1776 America.

OsoPeligroso1

perhaps he'll just have Grok do the entire thing, after it's done with the anti-woke Odyssey lol

Bríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦

@brid.bsky.social

MAGA-approved casting for The Odyssey: The Bard - Joe Rogan Odysseus - Chris Pratt Penelope - Gal Gadot Calypso - Drea de Matteo Antinous - Conor McGregor Agamemnon - Mel Gibson Menalaus - Stone Cold Steve Austin Helen of Troy - Sydney Sweeney Telemachus - Yair Netanyahu in his acting debut

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Bríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦2

@dov.bsky.social suggested Stone Cold Steve Austin when I was stuck, an absolutely inspired choice

William Burns1

You can't find a role for Kevin Sorbo? For shame.

Matt Ortega

@mattortega.com

Elon Musk not beating the Nazi allegations by offering to give Mel Gibson $100 million to make the Tubi version of "The Odyssey."

119h ago

Evan Sutton

@evansutton.bsky.social

Anyway, I hope Mel Gibson gets the $100 mil to make his version of The Odyssey which will invariably suck and make Elon even more of a joke

108h ago

Michael Balazo

@mbalazo.bsky.social

Maybe next we can have Mel Gibson as Oliver Twist!

7Yesterday

Joel Wood 🇨🇦

@joelwwood.bsky.social

Because Mel Gibson is known for making historically accurate movies 😂

68h ago

Anes

@anes-sadikovic.bsky.social

Elon Musk nudi Mel Gibsonu $100M da napravi autentičnu verziju Odiseje? A koja je to verzija? Ona po kojoj Odisej luta Jadranom, Faros je Hvar, a Troja u Gabeli ko Čapljine? www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

54h ago

Mladen Erjavec3

Naravno. To je jedina Odiseja koju priznajemo. Helena je jedna jedra Hercegovka i niko se tu neće buniti a Sinon evo na primer Božo Vrećo

spandza.bsky.social1

Pa budali more do koljena vazda 🤦

🫍ᑭᒪᗩIᑎ ᒍᗩᑎE🫈

@janeleecomiskey.bsky.social

Oooh, white hippie Jesus gone killing machine. Maybe Mel Gibson can direct the movie. Soundtrack by Lee Greenwood and Kid Rock. 💥

422h ago

Neil Turkewitz

@neilturkewitz.bsky.social

The “historically correct” Odyssey as told by Elon Musk… “Pencil [Tilly Norwood, Hollywood’s first AI actor] in for Helen of Troy. Tilly Norwood—a face so algorithmically perfect that it could absolutely launch 1,000 ships.” c/o Chris Murphy @vanityfair.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan

@jmgilligan.org

A very nice essay that discusses why Elon Musk will never make his preferred version of The Odyssey, despite the fact that he could easily afford to hire big names to make either an AI or a live action version. Instead, he'll slink away and hope everyone forgets that he ever made that boast.

32h ago

Davoid

@davoid.bsky.social

Giving Mel Gibson $100 mil to correct this historical inaccuracy

A cartoon image of Duncan, the man-at-arms from Masters of The Universe. A white dude with a reddish brown mustache wearing cartoony fantasy armor and helmet in orange, green, and grey. The image background is white.

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Robyn

@jailbirdstreet.bsky.social

Is this in response to Elon Musk promising to make a version of The Odyssey is true to Homer? I saw a female historian doing a funny takedown if that idea

14h ago

Gideon Knight

@glknightwrites.bsky.social

And now we got people like Elon Musk thinking they're an Atlas Shrugged Corporate Ubermensch version of Hiro Protagonist.

13h ago

mecha-sheep.bsky.social

@mecha-sheep.bsky.social

And thus, Baron and Donald will be fused into one as Paris, Melania will be Helen, Joe Rogan will be Patrocle and Elon Musk Ulysses. Of course, they all die grizzly and stupid deaths, so there is that.

13h ago

Paul L'Astname

@harlanquinzel.bsky.social

They are actively destroying filmmaking, distribution and theaters. It's not pearl clutching to recognize that they are overworking and underpaying everyone but the actors and directors and choking smaller films and studios out of existence. The mcu is the Elon Musk of media.

12h ago

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forbes.comElon Musk Says He’d Give Mel Gibson $100 Million For An ‘Accurate’ Odyssey finance.yahoo.comElon Musk flags that America is ‘1,000% going to go bankrupt’ and ‘fail as a country’ — Here’s what he says can save us open.substack.comYou Will Never See Elon Musk's The Odyssey

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Elon Musk says he'd give Mel Gibson $100M to make an 'accurate' Odyssey film

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