Warner Bros. has reportedly decided to push Denis Villeneuve’sDuneto October 2021. The movie was supposed to open in theaters at the end of this year, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to be happening, due to the public health crisis. Warner Bros. already gambled with the release of Christopher Nolan’sTenet, which has not proven to be the great success that everybody was hoping for. AMC Theatres allegedly only has enough money to stay afloat for 6 more months and Regal Theaters just announced that they will be shutting down this Thursday for the foreseeable future.
Dunewill reportedly now hit theaters on October 1st, 2021. Warner Bros. recentlydelayed Wonder Woman 1984 until Christmas Day, and it could have conflicted withDune, which was originally set to open on December 18th. With the new release date news coming in, it’s only a matter of time before the highly anticipatedWonder Womansequel is pushed back too. The news comes just days after MGM announced thatNo Time to Diewill now open in theaters in spring 2021, while also pushingFast and Furious 9to Memorial Day Weekend 2021.
Denis Villeneuve previously announced that he was going to berushing to finish Duneby its release date, so this should give him and his creative team some room to breathe. However, this news has yet to be officially confirmed by Warner Bros. We’ll have to wait and see if they end up making an official announcement by the end of today in regard to the new October release date.
There is a lot ofhype surrounding Duneat the moment. Frank Herbert’s iconic source material has been attempted and brought to the big screen before, with varying results. Denis Villeneuve’s decision to make two movies has a lot of people expecting the best adaptation thus far, and the trailer has only made those expectations even higher. The trailer appears to take Herbert’s words and bring them to life in a way that readers envisioned when reading the book for the first time. However, there are still some Herbert fans who are skeptical about the movie.
It’s believed that Warner Bros. based their decision to moveDuneoff of theRegal Theaters news. Denis Villeneuve is reportedly supportive about the decision to push the movie back since he is trying to make a visual experience crafted for the big screen. The studio won’t be taking the project and putting it on VOD or streaming in the near future, much like Marvel Studios and MGM, who are banking on movie theaters opening up again next year. This will come as a blow to Frank Herbert fans who were looking forward to seeing the movie this year, but it sounds like the delay will only help matters for the creative team, which will benefit everybody when next October arrives.Colliderwas the first to report on theDunerelease date news.
