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New Trailer For Dune: Part Two Is Released Plus 10 New HQ Images
Warner Bros. Discovery and Legendary have dropped a new trailer for Dune: Part Two with a ton of new footage. We have have 10 new HQ images.
Article Summary
- Warner Bros. Discovery and Legendary unveil new Dune: Part Two trailer with fresh footage.
- Anticipation builds with 10 new high-quality images flaunting Dune's stellar production.
- Dune sequel was delayed to ensure release under optimal conditions, now set for March 2024.
- New story elements and ensemble cast excitement teased for the next Dune saga installment.
Dune: Part Two was one of the big films that got delayed due to studios deciding that writers and actors weren't worth paying. The first film wasn't exactly released under the best circumstances as it was a late 2021 entry, and it was one of the bigger films on Warner Bros. slate that had a day of release on HBO Max. The box office and reviews were still good enough that Warner Bros. was willing to do another film, but it's not really surprising that they wouldn't want to release this film under anything other than ideal circumstances. So we have to wait until March, but they are dropping information and now new footage to hold us over until then. Today, a new trailer with a lot of new footage was dropped. We also have ten new high-quality images as well that continue to show off the impressive costumes and production design that has gone into this film.
While Dune might have been an excellent film, it was the first half of a two-part series. The issue is that part one will always be a ton of setup because it has to be; you don't have a lot of conclusions at the 50% mark of a book, so most movies that are split like this are awkwardly paced, and the first one tends to be the weaker of the two simply because of the structure. It turns out that director Denis Villeneuve is self-aware enough to know that Part One of Dune is the weaker one compared to Dune: Part Two and that the second film is the stronger of the two. He outright said that while doing a press conference with the Korean press (via Variety), he even went into why he is happier with this film than the first one.
"For me, this film is much better than Part One," Villeneuve said. "There's something more alive in it. There's a relationship to the characters. I was trying to reach for an intensity and a quality of emotions that I didn't reach with Part One and that I did reach with Part Two. I'm not saying the film is perfect, but I'm much more happy with Part Two than I was with Part One. I can not wait to share it with the fans and the moviegoers."
Dune was a hard film to criticize because whether or not that film ultimately works will depend heavily on whether they can stick the landing with Dune: Part Two. It's not a bad thing, and in many ways, it forces you to look at a film from a different angle, but it does mean that we've been waiting to see if Dune as an adaptation will actually work since the moment the first film was released. Now, as we head into 2024 and the release date for the second part creeps closer, that will be the definitive moment for these two movies.
Dune: Part Two – Summary, Cast List, Release Date
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on Dune: Part Two, the next chapter of Frank Herbert's celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021's six-time Academy Award-winning Dune.
The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert's acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Wonka, Call Me by Your Name), Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Avengers: End Game, Milk), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (Black Widow, Little Women), Dave Bautista (the Guardians of the Galaxy films, Thor: Love and Thunder), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter, Hairspray), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences, Lady Bird), Léa Seydoux (the James Bond franchise and Crimes of the Future), with Stellan Skarsgård (the Mamma Mia! films, Avengers: Age of Ultron), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, Assassin's Creed), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Being the Ricardos).
Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Dune: Part Two is slated for a March 1, 2024, worldwide release from Warner Bros. Pictures.