Elon Musk · Fortune Technology
Elon Musk promised an AI epic to rival Christopher Nolan’s film. Viewers got a seven-minute glitch
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The first installment of Elon Musk’s AI-generated adaptation of The Odyssey has arrived, drawing swift ridicule for the medium Musk claimed would challenge Hollywood and offering an awkward AI-generated entry into the woke wars.
Key facts
- Some early examples of partly AI generated projects include Where the Robots Grow, an 87-minute-long animated science fiction film from AiMation Studios released in 2024
- The film was created in collaboration with director Dev Walker, a filmmaker specializing in AI, and Wonder Studios, a studio founded in 2025 by filmmaker Justin Hackney and entrepreneur Xavier
- Nolan’s film, championed for its sweeping practical effects and real-world locations, has grossed $1.79 billion worldwide since its summer debut
- Musk’s Odyssey was created with Grok Imagine, SpaceXAI’s AI image and video generation tool that was released publicly in 2025 and released its latest update in July
Summary
Back in July, the world’s richest man promised in an X post that by the end of the year, he would release a full-length, “historically accurate” version of The Odyssey, the roughly 2,800-year-old Homer epic adapted for a Christopher Nolan film that was released this summer. Nolan’s film, championed for its sweeping practical effects and real-world locations, has grossed $1.79 billion worldwide since its summer debut. Yet the rollout of Musk’s seven-minute opening episode highlights the stubborn chasm between Silicon Valley bravado and narrative craft. In reply to an X post announcing the project, users criticized the video quality, saying it’s still clear the video was made with AI.