Prime Video India Reveals Dune OTT Release Date

Dune — the epic science fiction movie that made its debut in October in cinemas and on HBO Max — is coming to Amazon Prime Video on March 25 in India. The film encompasses a star-studded solid, together with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem. Dune is a part of a deliberate trilogy adaptation of the primary two of Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, and follows the story of nobleman Paul Atreides and his household, who’re compelled into battle owing to “melange” or “spice” — essentially the most worthwhile substance of the Dune universe that’s discovered on the desert planet Arrakis.

Amazon Prime Video introduced the upcoming arrival of Dune to the streaming platform on Wednesday, tweeting, “It’s time we took you for a ride around planet Arrakis in search of some spice”. The film was launched in India with a U/A score on October 22 and has since picked up 10 Academy Award nominations, together with for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects.

Dune Movie Review: Epic, Brave, however Mightily Flawed

Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video has additionally shared the trailer for Dune (in English) on its YouTube channel, and the poster shared by the service reveals that the film will probably be out there in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. That is a bonus, given Dune was launched solely in English and Hindi in cinemas.

Helmed by Oscar nominated director Denis Villeneuve, who was additionally co-writer with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, Dune — identified onscreen as Dune: Part One — covers the primary half of Frank Herbert’s novel, regardless of a runtime of two hours and half-hour.

A manufacturing of Legendary Pictures and Villeneuve Films, Dune obtained optimistic evaluations from most critics and audiences. The film has a rating of 84 p.c on Rotten Tomatoes, primarily based on 468 critic evaluations. On scores aggregation service Metacritic, Dune stands at a Metascore of 74 primarily based on 67 critic evaluations. Meanwhile, the film has an 8.1 score on IMDb, with over 5 lakh scores.

We took an unfavourable view in our assessment — whereas we admired the world-building, we famous the failures to replace the supply materials, the truth that it is half a film with a horrible ending, and the way it was unable to provide its huge ensemble with sufficient materials.

You can get entry to Amazon Prime Video as a part of the corporate’s Prime membership in India, that’s at present priced at Rs. 179 per 30 days, Rs. 459 for 3 months, or Rs. 1,499 for a 12 months.

Dune is out March 25 on Prime Video in India. The first sequel, Dune: Part Two, is due October 2023 in cinemas.