Tom Cruise praises Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey" after early screening

Actor Tom Cruise posted a photo of himself holding a ticket in front of an IMAX 70mm screen on Thursday, thanking director Christopher Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and the film’s cast and crew for what he described as an "amazing night in a movie theater" and saying he looks forward to seeing the film again. The movie, titled "The Odyssey," is a cinematic adaptation of Homer’s epic that follows Matt Damon as Odysseus on his journey home after the Trojan War. The ensemble includes Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, Elliot Page, Travis Scott and Charlize Theron. The film opens nationwide on Friday and has a 96 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. It is the first feature shot entirely with IMAX 70mm film cameras, offering a highly immersive theatrical presentation. Cruise, a longtime advocate of theatrical releases, previously delayed the release of "Top Gun: Maverick" to prioritize cinema showings, a move he says helped the industry’s box-office recovery.