A Collider feature argues that Madeline Miller's 2011 novel The Song of Achilles, rather than Christopher Nolan's new film adaptation of The Odyssey, deserves a screen adaptation. The piece contends that while Nolan's film covers Odysseus's journey home, it omits the Trojan War story told in Homer's Iliad, which Miller's acclaimed debut reimagines through the perspective of Patroclus and his bond with Achilles, making it ripe for television treatment.

The article traces the novel's story, from Patroclus's exile to Phthia and his growing relationship with Achilles, through to the pair's involvement in the Trojan War and the prophecy of Achilles' death. It also notes the book's stalled adaptation history: a miniseries was optioned in 2015 but never progressed past development, and in 2024 director Matthew López expressed interest in a limited series, though details on its current status are cut off in the article.