Category: Dune

According to Variety, ‘Dune: Part Two’ has been delayed due to the actors strike. It will now be eleased on March 15, 2024.

“Dune: Part Two” has been delayed to 2024.

The story of Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet, will be continued on March 15.

Warner Bros. made the announcement Thursday after Variety exclusively reported last month that the company was eyeing a 2024 date for the sci-fi tentpole. Legendary Entertainment co-produced “Dune: Part Two” with Warner Bros. Film Group, and both parties had to agree on a new release date.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ‘Dune: Part’ Two has been pushed forward two weeks from its original release date. It now opens on November 3, 2023.

The Dune sequel is arriving a little early.

Hours after Disney pushed back the release of Marvel Studios pic Blade, Warner Bros. revealed it will now open Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two will on Blade‘s old date of Nov. 3, 2023, instead of Nov. 17, 2023.

From Legendary Pictures in partnership with Warners, the Dune sequel will star Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken and Javier Bardem. Producers are Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve and Tanya LaPointe.

The sequel tackles the second half of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel Dune, with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) teaming with the Fremen to free the desert planet of Arrakis from House Harkonnen.

New characters include Emperor Shaddam IV (Walken), the ruler who sent the Atreides family to Dune; the emperor’s daughter, Princess Irulan (Pugh); and Feyd-Rautha (Butler) the nephew of the baron, the villain played by Stellan Skarsgard in the first installment.

The first Dune performed well at the box office, considering it faced the COVID-19 crisis and hit theaters and HBO Max day-and-date in October 2021. The sci-pic grossed north of $400 million globally and won six Oscars.

According to Deadline, ‘Dune: Part Two’ has been pushed back from its October 2023 date to November 17, 2023.

We gotta wait a little while longer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two as Warner Bros has moved the Legendary film from Oct. 20, 2023 to Nov. 17, 2023.

The new release date for Dune: Part Two has been a traditional launch pad for Warner Bros. having opened many Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies in that pre-Thanksgiving space as well as Justice League.

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Production is starting this fall in Budapest for the next Dune. The first movie was the highest grossing title under Warner Bros. 2021 pandemic theatrical day-and-date HBO Max model grossing $400M and notching six Oscar wins.

There’s a slew of new castings for Dune: Part Two including, as Deadline first reported, Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot, as well as Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Austin Butler.