Seven minutes of AI-generated footage billed as “Episode 1” of Grok’s Odyssey series has been released, three months after Elon Musk said Grok would make a full-length, “historically accurate” version.
Musk had framed the project against Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, criticizing the film for casting nonwhite and transgender actors rather than focusing on historical accuracy.
The Grok version was made with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker, and the footage presents a conventional fantasy-epic style with AI-generated sailors, bearded warriors and a British-accented narrator.
Nolan’s July release has become a box-office hit, selling out Imax screenings for months and emerging as an early Academy Awards front-runner, sharpening the contrast with Grok’s much smaller debut.