After some irritating covid-releated delays, Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga Dune is sort of right here; it launches in theaters and on HBO Max in mere hours (HBO Max may have it at 6:00pm ET right this moment). But naturally, and little doubt to the streaming-averse director’s chagrin, on-line pirates have already gotten there first. Was it the lure of the beard?

As Variety reports, “at least three major illegal streaming sites are hosting HD quality streaming copies of Dune, complete with bells and whistles such as English, Danish, Spanish, and Arabic subtitles. Beyond that, thousands of users are hosting and sharing copies on torrent sites.”

The commerce notes that the truth that Dune is already on-line (insert your personal “the spice must flow” joke right here) isn’t all that surprising; different latest blockbusters like Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Black Widow are additionally available—actually, just about any film you wish to discover on-line might be there if you understand the place to look. It’s the truth that Dune has been leaked in HD high quality with all these “bells and whistles” that makes this case uncommon.

Dune, after all, has already been launched abroad—Variety stories it’s already made $129 million internationally—and there’s no telling whether or not the proliferation of pirated copies may have any influence on its U.S. field workplace take. While Villeneuve has mentioned he’s hopeful most followers will take within the movie on the massive display (learn io9’s evaluate right here), he’d most likely desire anybody who desires to play it secure and watch it at house do it through HBO Max’s streaming platform and never a torrent website, even when the small-screen high quality is identical.

Are you planning to look at Dune right this moment, tomorrow, or this weekend—and the way will you be watching it when you do?

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