Insert “the spice must flow… later” joke right here. Warner Bros. has shaken up its 2021 launch schedule, transferring Dune as soon as once more additional down the road. However, this time it isn’t as dramatic. It’s solely by three weeks.
As reported by Variety, Warner Bros. has delayed Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune from October 1 to October 22. This marks the fourth launch date for the sci-fi epic, based mostly on the groundbreaking novel by Frank Herbert. It was initially scheduled for November 11, 2020, then acquired shifted barely to December 18 of that 12 months. However, the novel coronavirus pandemic induced a serious shift in film launch dates and Dune acquired a major delay, transferring all the best way to October 2021. It’s nonetheless in that month, just a bit later than anticipated.
This comes as extra individuals (hopefully) get vaccinated and eagerly return to film theaters. Movies like A Quiet Place: Part II and Fast and Furious 9 are seeing success on the field workplace, the likes of which was lacking for over a 12 months. Still, that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. from persevering with to enact its “release everything on HBO Max simultaneously” plan this 12 months, which the studio introduced all of a sudden in December 2020 and contains Dune, The Matrix 4, and the already launched Wonder Woman: 1984. This transfer prompted plenty of detrimental suggestions from actors, producers, and filmmakers—most notably Villeneuve himself, who launched an op-ed claiming the choice “might have killed the Dune franchise” earlier than it was set to start.
Villeneuve has been vocal about wanting Dune to be a theatrical launch solely, nevertheless it appears like Warner Bros. isn’t budging, no less than for now. It may be as a result of it needs to maintain selling HBO Max, or maybe the studio remains to be involved a few resurgence of the virus as states proceed to elevate restrictions whilst giant swaths of their populations go unvaccinated. Only time will inform how the field workplace (and nation as an entire) look by the point Dune comes out in theaters on October 22.
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