Myths & Legends Begging for a Modern Movie Adaptation

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Every major Hollywood actor seems lined up to star in Batman director Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey. The ultimate Hero's Journey. The archetype upon which so many great superhero stories have been told. We explore other classic myths, legends, stories, and pantheons that are begging for a Silver Screen Hollywood treatment! Plus, we tease an ongoing series leading up to the 2026 release of Nolan's Odyssey. Wondering if we'll reach outside of Ancient Greece? Listen to hear if we list your fave!

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0:00.0	Why just some myths get adapted over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again?
0:17.3	And some never see the light of day, Jason.
0:20.8	Oh, it's a very specific question to like throw, throw me in the deep end here, um,
0:24.5	because some are popular and some aren't.
0:26.9	Ooh, okay, very succinct.
0:28.7	I liked that.
0:29.6	That's the honest answer.
0:31.0	If a legend is popular, it will stay with us if a legend isn't, but also, it also
0:35.5	depends on like the world and what's going on in
0:38.4	the world. If, you know, it's, it's like look at cowboys. Biggest genre of the 1950s and 60s.
0:47.7	Kind of went away in the 70s and 80s. We're embracing a more technology filled world and
0:53.4	existence. And sci-fi became on the uprising and kind of replaced it in the 60s.
0:56.9	And now that we're on the other side of, you know,
0:59.7	however you feel about the internet and social media,
1:02.2	we're kind of yearning for the simpler time.
1:04.6	So what comes back?
1:05.7	Cowboys.
1:06.2	Neo-Westerns, exactly that.
1:07.8	So it's just,
1:08.8	it's all popularity in time. It just like depends on the time and the feeling of people.
1:15.1	This legend might be more popular and this legend might be more popular.
1:18.8	But also,
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