‘The Odyssey’ Anoints Christopher Nolan as Hollywood’s Most Powerful Director — Here’s How Universal Thwarted Warner Bros. to Land Him

Greek mythology is riddled with humans who become immortal, many as punishment for tangling with the gods.

But not Christopher Nolan, the toast of the mortal world’s Mount Olympus — Hollywood.

The opening-weekend success of his Imax epic “The Odyssey” cements Nolan as his own kind of myth: a bankable auteur who can command the […] ...