Thousands of film-lovers flocked to the internet as the clock struck midnight on Thursday when tickets to IMAX 70mm showings of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' went on sale a whole year before a frame appeared on the giant screen.

Unlike some of Nolan’s other acclaimed films, notably The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer, which were based on pre-existing narratives, Inception is a story that Nolan came up with himself.