Elon Musk's Grok Releases First AI-Generated "Odyssey" Episode - Variety

Oct 25, 2026 10:22am PT Elon Musk’s Grok Releases First AI-Generated ‘Odyssey’ Episode, Months After Promising ‘Historically Accurate’ Full-Length Film By Payton Turkeltaub Plus Icon Payton Turkeltaub Latest Man Arrested on ‘Miami Vice ‘85’ Brooklyn Set After Brandishing a Knife 59 minutes ago Elon Musk’s Grok Releases First AI-Generated ‘Odyssey’ Episode, Months After Promising ‘Historically Accurate’ Full-Length Film 2 hours ago Jessica Biel Says ‘7th Heaven’ Reboot Will ‘Modernize’ the Show Now That TV Has ‘Less Limitations’: ‘We Were Very Careful About What Our Audience Wanted’ 3 hours ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Getty/Everett Collection Months after Elon Musk promised that his AI tool Grok Imagine would create an entirely AI-generated, feature-length version of “ The Odyssey ,” the tech mogul has partially followed through on the claim. On Friday, the company shared the first 7-minute, AI-generated episode of the “Odyssey” series on X . The account also credited the “creative collaboration” to Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker, both of which specialize in AI filmmaking. Related Stories Sylvester Stallone Defends AI After His Pitch for a 'Half Human, Half AI' Movie Ignited Outrage: 'You Get Blasted' by Hollywood but 'I Would Take That Risk' 'Tulsa King' Renewed for New York-Set Season 5 as Four Join Cast In July, Musk announced plans to make a “historically accurate” full-length feature version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem. He noted that his AI “The Odyssey” would be ready by the end of 2026. Popular on Variety “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” he wrote, together with an AI-generated 3-minute short of “The Odyssey” posted by an X user. At the time, “Doctor Strange” and “The Black Phone” director Scott Derrickson pulled no punches and addressed Musk directly on social media to call out the absurdity of the project. “Clearly @elonmusk doesn’t know shit about cinema & he stopped reading in his 20s,” Derrickson wrote on Musk’s social media platform, X. “His opinions on art are worthless.” While no further statement accompanied the AI-generated episode — or Musk’s original tweet about creating a “historically accurate” version of “The Odyssey” — the move comes after the tech trillionaire repeatedly criticized the film ahead of its release, especially the casting of Elliot Page as Achilles’ Ghost and Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy. Musk claimed that Nolan cast both actors to satisfy the Academy’s representation and inclusion standards for Oscar eligibility ; in March, he wrote that “Chris Nolan is an anti-White racist,” saying he cast Nyong’o only because “He wants the awards.” See the first episode of the series here. Watch Episode 1 of our Odyssey series made with Grok Imagine. Let us know in the comments if you'd like a full breakdown of how it was done! Creative collaboration with @WonderStudiosX and director Dev Walker @glumlot_ pic.twitter.com/xpgpkqSCpq — Grok Imagine (@imagine) October 23, 2026 Christy Carlson Romano Says Her Salary Was Half of Shia LaBeouf’s on ‘Even Stevens’: ‘We Were Co-Leads and Had the Same Screen Time’ Former Disney Star Debby Ryan Suffered ‘Life-Altering Brain Injury’ After Multiple Concussions: ‘Some Things Did Not Come Back’ Loading comments...