Dune Messiah

[Finsbury Girl]

is the mini series any good?

[fishbowlhead]

is the mini series any good?

No. No it is not.

[wakka]

Just read through this entire thread and only realised at the end I've been going through liking stuff from 2018. Oh well.

This looks OK and I agree with NI and DT that it looks like a film that will probably bomb or at the very least not do the numbers that it really needs to do considering how expensive it looks.

And they're pronounced Nice biscuits.

[charlesr]

I think the trailer is really exciting. But that IMDB comparison shows you just how much style (and colour) the Lynch version has. I'm sure the acting will be better in this though. And that worm... awesome camera angle.

[Finsbury Girl]

No. No it is not.

Thanks for saving me!!!

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/hbo-maxs-dune-series-sets-showrunner/

The HBO Max series Dune: The Sisterhood is moving ahead. I suspect the comments in the link are right and this will be quietly axed when the film flops.

[Finsbury Girl]

I think the new trailer looks awesome. I'm hopeful this will be good.

I want to see this on a massive screen with thunderous sound.

I've read the book a couple of times but it has been ages. I must admit I'm stumped where they will find a good place to end the film. Time to dredge up the kindle copy for a refresh.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/denis-villeneuve-teases-a-dune-trilogy/

Villeneuve has higher hopes than I do of the films box office potential by revealing that he plans to make a third film after the second completes the story of the book. The third film would cap the franchise as a trilogy by adapting the short story Dune Messiah. Anything beyond that would depend on where things stand at that point.

[gordon]

Dune Messiah was a tedious sequel to the original, which is one of my favourite SF novels. Not quite sure why he’d want to film it. Excited for Dune though, with all the usual caveats.

[Asura]

I suspect we'll never see the 2nd part.

This might be bull**** but I've read online that they weren't filmed back-to-back; whether they start on movie 2 is entirely dependent on the returns from movie 1, and given the situation we're in right now with returns on movie releases, I think it's really going to have to buck the trend.

[Cassius_Smoke]

I've never read the book, or seen the original film. And I suspect most people haven't. Which means people will go to see it based on the trailer... And that was a boring looking trailer...

[Neon Ignition]

Apparently it needs $400-$500m to break profit which only FF9 has done so... nope.

[fishbowlhead]

Apparently it needs $400-$500m to break profit which only FF9 has done so... nope.

Yikes, year were not seeing the second part.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/villeneuve-got-dune-part-two-assurances/

There's hints that Villeneuve has been given some reassurances about the chances of being able to make Dune: Part II as Warner Bros will lean on the first films box office and also the HBO Max numbers. The film needing to bomb on both to have the sequel scrapped.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/dune-set-for-mid-20m-global-start/

The first film begins opening in 24 markets this weekend and is projected to open in the mid $20m range which would line up with Black Widow

[cutmymilk]

I cannot believe Dune is already coming out. It still feels like it should be ages away. Cinema trip for sure, but having a 4K rip online before it must really hurt UK ticket sales.