After a 3 12 months hole between movies and a strike-induced delay that prevented it from making its deliberate fall 2023 launch date, the await “Dune: Part Two” is nearly over. It seems to be definitely worth the wait.
Denis Villeneuve‘s epic sequel, which concludes his take on Frank Herbert’s unique “Dune” novel, is about to hit theaters on Friday, March 1. While full opinions have but to be printed, many critics have taken to social media to share their overwhelmingly constructive responses to the film following its world premiere on Thursday evening.
Some known as it a “masterpiece” and even higher than the primary movie, whereas others in contrast it to the motion seen in epics like Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.” Though as you’ll see beneath, the reward wasn’t utterly common.
The hype is an efficient signal for Warner Bros. and Villeneuve, who has expressed his hope that this is not going to be the final we see of the “Dune” franchise. The director has teased his plans to conclude a trilogy with one other movie that pulls closely from Herbert’s second novel within the sequence, “Dune Messiah.” The second movie was greenlit after the unique made $433 million worldwide in 2021, so hopes are excessive for the sequel.
“If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” Villeneuve said in a recent interview. “’Dune Messiah’ was written in reaction to the fact that people perceived Paul Atreides as a hero. Which is not what he wanted to do. My adaptation is closer to his idea that it’s actually a warning.”
“Dune: Part Two” sees Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, and Josh Brolin reprising their roles from the unique movie alongside franchise newcomers Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken, and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Keep studying for a roundup of early social media reactions to “Dune: Part Two.”
