Christopher Nolan made ancient mythology look like a billion-dollar boss battle this summer. The Odyssey sent Matt Damon's Odysseus through monsters, storms, and a homecoming involving some extraordinarily hostile houseguests. Universal says the epic has surpassed $1.7 billion worldwide, making it Nolan's biggest box-office success, while Rotten Tomatoes places its critics' approval at 94%.

Naturally, Oscar chatter has reached Olympus. After Oppenheimer conquered Best Picture, another Nolan coronation feels entirely plausible. Unfortunately for the gods, awards season has summoned an unlikely challenger.

A documentary featuring a disgraced Silicon Valley founder and a comedian whose superpower is uncomfortable eye contact.

According to Polymarket's October market snapshot, The Odyssey led the 2027 Best Picture betting at roughly 45%, while You Can See Everything occupied second place at nearly 25%. These are traders' estimates, changing with market activity, not Academy votes. The Oscars have not even announced their nominations. Zeus may safely put away the acceptance speech.

The challenger is an A24 documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Its subject is Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder convicted of defrauding investors. Cameras enter her life 34 days before she reports to prison in 2023. Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invite Fielder into their home, apparently hoping to explain their side of the story.

Things grow deeply peculiar. Fielder, the deadpan mastermind of The Rehearsal, probes her public image, the couple's claims, and the slippery nature of filmed reality. The project stretches across three years, twisting from intimate portrait into a hall of mirrors. The film opened October 16 and holds 98% critics' approval on Rotten Tomatoes. Its unexpected momentum has even made documentary history a serious awards-season conversation.

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But Nolan has another mythical journey he could tackle once Hollywood finishes handing out trophies.

Christopher Nolan has announced no next directorial project. In July, he told TODAY that making The Odyssey exhausted his team, and he expected at least three years before directing another movie. Shooting an entire ancient epic on IMAX cameras apparently comes with a steep stamina bill.

That leaves plenty of time to dream. And one particularly diabolical suggestion is Dante's Inferno, the opening section of The Divine Comedy that fans want him to explore. Dante travels through nine circles of Hell with the poet Virgil, encountering sinners, monstrous guardians, and punishments tailored to earthly misdeeds.

The Odyssey already proved Nolan can summon terror. Polyphemus's cave plays like a survival-horror level, Circe's transformations bring stomach-turning unease, and the journey toward the underworld chills the atmosphere. Imagine that tactile, enormous-screen filmmaking unleashed on Dante's frozen Lucifer or an infernal landscape built around moral consequences, something that Nolan can pull up even in his sleep.

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Could You Can See Everything upset The Odyssey for Best Picture, and would you watch Nolan tackle Inferno? Let us know in the comments.