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[SnokesLegs]

Excellent trailer, I so wish this was WB’s big Christmas movie instead of Aquaman, it’d have mopped up and guaranteed Dune Messiah.

[ando]

Wow that updated Atreides theme is sublime. Uplifting and extremely epic. 

 

This needs to be a hit. Astonishing trailer. The way Villeneuve and Fraser convey scale is something else. 

[Valonqar]

35 minutes ago, SnokesLegs said:

Excellent trailer, I so wish this was WB’s big Christmas movie instead of Aquaman, it’d have mopped up and guaranteed Dune Messiah.

 

DUNC Messiah is guaranteed. Villeneuve said a few days ago that the script was almost finished. Also, DUNC2 is gonna make more than DUNC.

Edited December 12, 2023 by Valonqar

[Brainbug]

If this movie bombs, cinema deserves to die.

 

Not that i think that will happen. I predict 500M+ WW for it, i believe Dune 1 found a lot of new fans over the last 2 years and this beeing the first big movie of 2024 will help as well.

[Arlborn]

43 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

If this movie bombs, cinema deserves to die.

 

Not that i think that will happen. I predict 500M+ WW for it, i believe Dune 1 found a lot of new fans over the last 2 years and this beeing the first big movie of 2024 will help as well.

I agree that it has found more fans since then, pity that in the years since the streaming culture has cemented itself even further. Right now it’s not a great environment for theatrical releases, let’s just hope Dune 2 is one of these films that will be treated as an event by the GA.

 

I predict over 500M myself, but I’ve been wrong a lot this year.

[Valonqar]

DUNC 2 doesn't have a crazy budget to be a bomb in the worst case scenario which would be making about as much as the first. Its disadvantage is that Russia is a non-factor now since that was DUNC's Top 3 OS market. But on the good side, there's no pandemic so it should see increases everywhere. There's no reason for it to drop from the first so I don't entertain that scenario. Dom is defo going up. 

[dudalb]

3 hours ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

Looking great! Did anyone else catch the infamous "SILENCE!" scene that the Lynch movie butchered?

And it sure as hell will not rain at the end of the movie like it did in the Lynch film.

I like Lynch overall.. I think "Blue Velvet" is one of the great films of the 80's, but he was the wrong choice for "Dune".

And looks as if third time was indeed the charm for "Dune".

 

[BoxOfficeZ]

Judging from the trailer it looks like they're: (BOOK SPOILERS)

 

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giving Chani more personality because in the book she's just Paul's woman object and has basically no reaction to the fact that Paul manipulated her people for revenge. But in the movie it seems like they're at least giving her some kind of personality when she mentions the prophecy is enslaving her people.

 

Also Alia is not shown, I wonder if they're saving that for the movie? It would be a shame if she's cut but Lady Jessica was mentioned to be pregnant in the first movie so I don't think she's out. 

 

[Gavin Feng]

1 minute ago, BoxOfficeZ said:

Judging from the trailer it looks like they're: (BOOK SPOILERS)

 

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giving Chani more personality because in the book she's just Paul's woman object and has basically no reaction to the fact that Paul manipulated her people for revenge. But in the movie it seems like they're at least giving her some kind of personality when she mentions the prophecy is enslaving her people.

 

Also Alia is not shown, I wonder if they're saving that for the movie? It would be a shame if she's cut but Lady Jessica was mentioned to be pregnant in the first movie so I don't think she's out. 

 

 

yes, Denis previously said in South Korean press that he need female characters incl Chani to be more presence in part II so audience will know the message Frank always wanted to express but somehow caused misunderstandings in book - Paul could be a dangerous dictator

[WittyUsername]

How they’ll handle Alia remains my biggest curiosity for this movie. I still hope they go full CG abomination like the baby from Twilight. 

[MattW]

https://www.theinsneider.com/p/andre-braugher-dead-tribute-leonardo-dicaprio-movie-critic-rick-dalton-dune-2-trailer

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I’m already hearing rumblings that WB is so bullish on Villeneuve’s vision for Dune that Part Three has been already been greenlit with a 2027 release date in mind. WB sees Part Two as a home run, and internally, I’m hearing the studio is already projecting an opening north of $100 million. That may be optimistic, but given the trailer above, hardly out of the question.

Interesting.

[Squire]

2 minutes ago, MattW said:

https://www.theinsneider.com/p/andre-braugher-dead-tribute-leonardo-dicaprio-movie-critic-rick-dalton-dune-2-trailer

Interesting.

Not sure about a $100 million opening, but that would be awesome. 
 

I’m not watching the trailers, but it sounds like this most recent one is a banger. Sadly, on YT at least, views are well off pace from the first two trailers. 

[Eric Lasagna]

If 100M opening happens, I'll eat my hat. Like even 60M+ would be good enough for me.

[poweranimals]

21 minutes ago, Eric Wonka said:

If 100M opening happens, I'll eat my hat. Like even 60M+ would be good enough for me.

Are you gonna release your (not so) controversial predictions for 2024?

[JustLurking]

100M would be astonishing. Unfortunately I don't see that high but maybe audiences will positively surprise me this time around.

 

Truthfully as long as this makes enough to be successful and get us the full trilogy I will be happy with whatever amount.

[Borobudur]

Part 3??? I thought Dune is a two-part story?

[DInky]

3 minutes ago, Borobudur said:

Part 3??? I thought Dune is a two-part story?

 

Villeneuve also wants to adapt the second book Dune Messiah which people are calling part 3.

[Merkel]

And Dune Messiah is, for all intents and purposes, pretty much an epilogue for the first book. And it is much shorter, so perfect for a single movie adaptation

[Borobudur]

1 hour ago, DInky said:

 

Villeneuve also wants to adapt the second book Dune Messiah which people are calling part 3.

So is it a continuation of the part 2? 

[JustLurking]

37 minutes ago, Borobudur said:

So is it a continuation of the part 2? 

Consider it the true ending of the first book which part1&2 are covering.