Elon Musk Is Ready to Give Mel Gibson $100 Million for a Proper “Odyssey.” Almost.

Hollywood had barely finished releasing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey when Elon Musk appeared ready to send the entire production back to Ancient Greece for ideological repairs.

An X user suggested that Musk give Mel Gibson $100 million to make another adaptation—with authentic ships, Bronze Age weapons, historically appropriate casting and dialogue delivered in Homeric Greek.

Musk replied:

“I’m down.”

The internet immediately transformed those two words into a signed contract, an approved budget and the first day of filming.

Someone may still need to notify Mel Gibson.

There is currently no announced production agreement, no confirmed transfer of $100 million and no public acceptance from Gibson. Musk has expressed interest, but interest on X is not yet a Hollywood financing deal.

Why Mel Gibson?

Because Gibson has made historical films in which ancient people do not sound like members of a modern Los Angeles marketing department.

The characters in Apocalypto spoke Yucatec Maya, while The Passion of the Christ used Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew. The latter earned more than $610 million worldwide on a production budget of approximately $30 million.

Historians disputed some details in Apocalypto, but the movie at least attempted to transport audiences into another civilization. Nobody stopped the action to establish a committee protecting the Cyclops from insensitive language.

Meanwhile, Hollywood Is “Panicking” All the Way to the Bank

Benny Johnson’s video declares that Hollywood is “in panic.” It must be a rather comfortable panic: Nolan’s The Odyssey earned $264.1 million during its worldwide opening weekend.

Musk has criticized Nolan’s casting and accused the director of modifying Homer to satisfy Hollywood’s diversity standards. However, the Academy’s inclusion rules do not require a director to change a particular character’s race or identity. A Best Picture contender must meet two of four standards, which can also be satisfied through crew composition, internships, production leadership and marketing.

Musk has made one much clearer promise: before the end of 2026, Grok Imagine will create a full-length AI adaptation that is “historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.”

Historical accuracy could become complicated. Archaeologists have not yet established the precise dimensions of the Cyclops, the official speed of Athena’s chariot or Poseidon’s preferred method of maritime enforcement.

Still, competition is healthy.

Nolan can make his Odyssey. Gibson may eventually make his. Grok can generate a third—assuming Odysseus maintains the same face and number of fingers from one scene to the next.

Audiences can then decide which version they want to watch.

That is how the free market works—even in Ancient Greece.