From a Mockbuster Version of ‘The Odyssey’ to a ‘Jiu-Jitsu Nun’: How Producers Are Keeping the Low-Budget Film Market Alive Via Streaming and FAST Channels (and Even Lower Budgets)

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“Our journey begins with the Cyclops,” says a ginger-bearded and bald Odysseus somewhat nonchalantly in the trailer for “The Odyssey,” moments before a giant one-eyed AI-generated monster bursts onto the screens. The film, based — rather loosely — on Homer’s epic poem, released this summer and was met with mostly comic derision and a flurry […]

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