Brad Pitt must have really liked going Greek for "Troy" because he's now interested in tackling Homer's other great epic, "The Odyssey." According to Variety, he's teaming with director George Miller and Warner Bros. to bring the epic poem to outer space, with Pitt playing the title role of Odysseus in a re-imagining of the classic fable.

If you escaped high school and college without reading "The Odyssey," here's a refresher -- it's technically a sequel to "The Iliad," dealing with the aftermath of the Trojan War. It's centered around the return journey of Odysseus, the most clever of Greek soldiers and the builder of the famous Trojan horse. All he wants to do is get home to his wife and son, but he's constantly waylaid by sexy sea-nymphs, witches, cyclops, and monsters. Read more...