Ulysses arrives at the Aeolian. Or maybe it was Matt Damon

Ulysses’ fleet makes a stop at the Aeolian Islands. Between Easter and April 25, Christopher Nolan He landed in Lipari to continue the filming of The Odysseyhis highly anticipated new Kolossal expected in American cinemas, with Universal Pictures, from July 2026. After shooting in Morocco, Greece and Favignana, the (mega) production has moved to the archipelago north of Sicily. Over 700 production members armored Lipari to accompany the arrival of the director and the cast. On the island they are, in fact, arrived Matt Damonwho plays the protagonist in the film, Ulysses, and Tom Hollandin the role of the Telemaco son. Damon chose a villa away from the center, while Holland would stay at the hotel. Top secret the movements of the rest of the cast, decidedly stellar: Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Elliot Page.

To the Aeolian – far as much as possible from the spotlight, with ordinances that have banned navigation in different areas – Nolan has chosen to turn in front of the famous Faraglioni of Lipari, cited as the “wandering cliffs” in canto XII of the Odyssey of Homer, around At the Bagno Scoglioalways in Lipari, e in Basiluzzo, The islet off the coast of Panarea. In the Odyssey of Homer, it is said, in fact, that the Aeolian Islands hosted Ulysses back from the Trojan War. Ulysses who today is Matt Damon.