Musk's AI Odyssey is underway: First seven-minute episode posted on X

The first episode of an AI-generated series based on Homer's ancient tale the Odyssey has now been released on X. The episode runs about seven minutes and was posted on Grok Imagine's account on the platform.

The episode was made with Elon Musk's AI tool Grok Imagine in collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. According to Variety, both the studio and the director work with AI film.

What does it show?

According to The A.V. Club, the episode shows Odysseus preparing for war and his wife Penelope giving him a small wooden horse. The army sails for Troy, and battle scenes are intercut with images of a young Telemachus training for combat.

The reviewer at The A.V. Club judges that the episode feels more like a disjointed trailer or sampler than the start of a cohesive feature film.

Musk's promise

In July 2026, Musk promised that Grok Imagine would make a feature film of the Odyssey before the end of the year, one that is historically accurate and true to Homer. It is unclear whether the full feature is still planned for completion in 2026, and no explanation came with the release, Variety writes.

Musk had previously criticized Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film, among other things for its cast, which he considered historically inaccurate.

Criticism from a director

Director Scott Derrickson wrote to Musk on X: "Clearly @elonmusk doesn't know shit about cinema & he stopped reading in his 20s. His opinions on art are worthless." The criticism is aimed at Musk's earlier remarks about Nolan's film and not directly at the new episode.

The sources disagree on the release date. Variety gives October 23, 2026, while The A.V. Club gives October 25, 2026.

For readers, it is an example of how AI tools are now being used to create longer video narratives. Whether the result can live up to Musk's promise of a historically accurate film remains unresolved.