EXCLUSIVE: Corey Hawkins ( The Piano Lesson) has been tapped for a role in The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the epic poem from Homer for Universal Pictures, sources tell Deadline.

Corey Hawkins, best known for Straight Outta Compton and The Last Voyage of the Demeter, is setting sail on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

As we stare at the ever-increasing cast list for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, we can’t help but think of the whole thing as a giant puzzle. How does this list of names—including Matt Damon,