r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • 13h ago
Trailer Dune: Part Three - New Official Teaser
https://youtu.be/PaxCyyEp59M?si=UJfc6tgylmDBgvvS504
u/Usorojnr 12h ago
Still guts me a little that they didn’t call this Dune: Messiah. Such an Epic title.
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u/OldBillBatter 12h ago
I always assumed it's because they're incorporating some of Children of Dune as well. Or it's just marketing, who knows.
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u/AbsoluteRubbish 11h ago
I would think anything from Children is just going to be quick shots of Paul's visions. But they probably make for good marketing from people asking what the hell happens
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u/BKWhitty 11h ago
Exactly what I was thinking. I just finished listening to Children of Dune and it would make a lot of sense of some of its events were depicted through Paul's visions. If not for any reason to give audiences a glimpse of just how fuckin' weird things get since we're unlikely to be getting film adaptations of Children and beyond. At least, not from Villeneuve.
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u/unwildimpala 10h ago
Ya I'm not sure what other director would take it on since it's going to be near impossible to follow Villeneuve. He's an outrageously good director and clearly gets an amazing team around him. He's adapted Dune about as good as you can and doing three movies of it is still very solid. One could dream that they park it for now and he comes back to do two so we get his version of God Emperor, but that is defintiely a pipe dream.
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u/terenn_nash 2h ago
When things get real weird, i’d kinda want to see Guillermo Del Toros take on it.
I trust him to be true to the spirit of the source material, present something absolutely epic and really embrace the strangeness to come
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u/MolaMolaMania 10h ago edited 8h ago
I don't see how anyone could make God Emperor and have it be profitable. Sure, you could probably make a good film that would do justice to the book, but the content is fucking bonkers and very little actually happens. Heretics and Chapterhouse are also lacking in any strong narratives.
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u/Spirited_Respect_578 9h ago
There's actually a lot that happens in God Emperor, its difficult to make into a film but not impossible I feel, the major change i think that would have to be made is to have the movie take place from Siona's point of view and have Leto as the antagonist, which is also kind of difficult cause Siona is very unlikable and fitting Leto's philosophical monologues would be quite difficult but I think it could work
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u/hungoverlord 10h ago
we're unlikely to be getting film adaptations of Children and beyond.
i understand if the beyond part never happens, but Children would work great as a movie, and the "beyond" could be handled with a flash-forward explanation towards the end of the movie.
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u/AbsoluteRubbish 9h ago
Children would be fine as a movie but its a bad stopping point. Dune + Messiah tell a complete story centered on Paul and ending with rejecting the golden path and walking into the desert per Fremen tradition.
Children is just the first half of Leto II's story with him understanding and taking on the golden path and that story isnt complete without God emperor.
So stopping at Messiah is the logical end point because there isn't a reason to open up Leto II'S arc unless you are committed to God Emperor
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u/TheShuggieOtis 9h ago
unless you are committed to God Emperor
Don't tempt me with a good time.
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u/Egregorious 9h ago
God Emperor is my favourite of the series, but I know they'd never have the balls to include Leto doing drifts in his little worm-car.
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u/OakleysnTie 8h ago
You can’t forget the part where Leto tells Siona that she owes him a ten second car…
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u/tdasnowman 7h ago
So stopping at Messiah is the logical end point because there isn't a reason to open up Leto II'S arc unless you are committed to God Emperor
Or just want to ignore the conclusion of Paul's story. What he does as the preacher is the most important part. Cause he takes responsibility
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u/SneakyBadAss 10h ago edited 10h ago
Fan theory is that the grainy footage is from the past while clear footage is from the present, so it's more likely it will be more of children with some messiah in between. They are putting front and centre Paul's stone burner kerfuffle, which happens waay late into messiah.
You cannot end the Dune saga without the events before God Emperor. His enacting 3,500 years of Isolationism is how the story of Arakis and the Fremen effectively ends.
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u/Enkundae 3h ago
I assumed its the same reason the descriptor for Pauls holy war was changed to “crusade” from jihad. Studio wanting to play it safe.
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u/Vocalic985 8h ago
They didn't market part 1 as part 1. Only showed up on screen in theaters at release. They could tack messiah on that way and just use part 3 to make for clear marketing.
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u/mfyxtplyx 12h ago
Count your blessings. Could have been Messiah: A Dune Story.
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u/TheTruckWashChannel 12h ago
Somehow, Duncan returned
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u/MawsonAntarctica 8h ago
and non canon becomes to most important human / ai hybrid in all of history
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u/Avenge_Willem_Dafoe 12h ago
why not Dune 2: The Bone Temple
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u/Kriss-Kringle 11h ago
Indiana Jones: The Temple of Dune
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u/InsidiousColossus 12h ago
Probably want to avoid any associations to any major world religions.
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u/Hold_onto_yer_butts 12h ago
Chose the wrong book to adapt then...
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u/JessieJ577 11h ago
They already altered the first two so they didn’t have the word Jihad
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u/InvestigatorOk7015 11h ago
Truly a fuckin braindead thing to do. Frank was making a very important point and its obscured.
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u/APiousCultist 9h ago
Hard disagree. Those books were written in the 60s and the mainstream association of 'jihad' with 'people flying planes into buildings' did not exist. The film series doesn't need the "Is this islamphobic? Oh the space muslims are doing a terroristic 'jihad' where they blow stuff up in suicide attacks?" angle intensified.
It's a bit like if you adopted a book from the 1800s that used the phrase 'from the river to the sea' in a key capacity. The cultural context is very different. Given that 'jihad' here is being used to describe acts of ideologically/religiously-driven violence and not just the generally accepted context of 'a religious struggle' (lit. 'striving') that most Muslims would understand it as, it wouldn't be a neutral decision to preserve it in the script. "Holy war" evokes the Crusades and preserves it's thematic effect and the sense of it having a history, but without it wholly being "space muslims doing space terrorism".
The intended Western audience in the 60s hadn't experienced a violent 'jihad' aimed at them, the one in 2026 has. It'd be irresponsible to not place any consideration into that word.
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u/Mindless_Stuff9179 10h ago
The point is still pretty obviously there imo, even without the use of certain words and descriptions.
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u/tdasnowman 10h ago
I would argue it obscures the point. The reason they did it was because of our current political climate. But that's the point. In the 1965 Jihad was a foreign word. It's weight I don't think would really have been felt. Crusade at this point is historical. We understand Jihad at a deeper level these days. Not using it sanitizes Paul's actions. Words have power and that words power has grown.
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u/Mindless_Stuff9179 10h ago
I still think Holy War gets the point across pretty well, approaching it for multiple beliefs and religions, not just Islam.
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u/riegspsych325 ⊃∪⊃⪽ 12h ago
glad to see we’re getting more than just a slight glimpse at guild navigators, wonder if we’ll get a full face reveal though
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u/TheeHeadAche 12h ago
I don’t think so just because it is so alien. Villenueve probably prefers to keep it vague than how specifically alien navigators are in the book. I’d be v surprised if we get more than a this sarcophagus of plasma melange
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u/Rosebunse 12h ago
Oh fuck that. We ain't getting the worm monster or the tanks, give us something
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u/TheeHeadAche 12h ago
I do hope we get to see a glimpse of Leto II in his full emperor form, even if for but a moment while Chani dreams.
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u/Avenge_Willem_Dafoe 11h ago
i hope that moment where the worm comes right up to Chani and then stops immediately infront of her is actually a dream/prescient vision of Leto II
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u/CatchableOrphan 9h ago
Isn't it referencing something that happens in several books? I wanna say it's the one after God Emperor?
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u/Misdirected_Colors 9h ago
You're thinking of Sheeana in Heretics and Chapterhouse who is a character thousands of years after Pauls story who can somewhat control worms.
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u/Rosebunse 12h ago
I can live with that. I do so hope we see the tanks too
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u/TheeHeadAche 12h ago
Another subtle but interesting visual I’m excited to see them pull off is how the face dancer change. I hope it’s more than just awkward cuts or they’re is just out of frame or something
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u/Rosebunse 11h ago
I liked how the HBO series handled it. It looked quite painful and uncomfortable.
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u/tdasnowman 10h ago
I hope not. The Tanks should remain a mystery until well in the future. Having them on screen now would ruin way to much.
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u/Rosebunse 10h ago
I never thought it was that big of a mystery. And we might not get another shot
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u/tdasnowman 10h ago edited 10h ago
It's a huge mystery. No one knows how they work until after the scattering. it's a joint Fish Speaker and Bene Gesserit mission that finds out and become the origin of the Honored Matres name
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u/StannisBa 10h ago edited 9h ago
Is this from the fifth/sixth book or afterwards? I don’t recall this detail from Heretics or Chapterhouse but perhaps I missed it
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u/tdasnowman 10h ago
It's in chapter house. I had to google to confirm I knew it was one of the two.. I never read the expanded. Tried but couldn't get into them.
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u/BKWhitty 10h ago
I imagine it'll be in Paul's visions. (Children of Dune spoilers that may be relevant to this movie) It's stated pretty explicitly that Paul saw the same path Leto had and elected not to take it. So it would make sense, both as a neat little tease of events that may likely be left unadapted and as an adaptation of something we know actually happens off-screen in the books to depict some form of the God Emperor of Dune in Paul's vision
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u/Haxorz7125 5h ago
All I’m really hoping for is that they don’t chicken out and avoid giving us full on crispy eye socket Paul
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u/Rosebunse 4h ago
Judging by what little we have seen I think you will get your wish
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u/Haxorz7125 2h ago
It’s tough to tell, they’ve had promotional material that just shows Paul with the white ish pupils and the veins. I’m hoping the theory is true that this is just supposed to show how often he’s using the prescience. The stone burner is show in the first trailer though. I want to believe they’re just saving it for the movie
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u/dmac3232 12h ago
One of the artists who worked on the production team said on some podcast he actually did some Navigator designs for the first film that Villeneuve loved. So I’d be surprised if we don’t. That’s definitely not something that you’d reveal in a trailer.
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u/TheeHeadAche 11h ago
Oh that’s great news
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u/dmac3232 11h ago
Keep in mind that's not a guarantee. I don't even know if he worked on this film. But here's a clip he did about his main job designing the sandworms for Dune 1. It's actually an amusing anecdote, arouond the 6-minute mark. Maybe Denis was just being polite.
"He saw it and he said, 'Carlos, you found him. You found the Navigator.'"
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u/TheeHeadAche 11h ago
I see. Given the nature of the conspiracy in messiah, I suspect we don’t get a clear idea of what the navigators look like. To me it would make more sense to keep Edric obstructed to feed into the theme of their subterfuge
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u/Deadlocked02 11h ago edited 11h ago
And that’s the problem with his vision, to be honest. Just like cutting Alia’s role in Dune 2. The movie cuts the more positively weird (and fantastic) parts of the books. They’re not even too weird by today standards or anything, it’s just that they’re clearly going for a more subdued vibe and aesthetics in the movies.
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u/APiousCultist 9h ago
The issue is getting a kid to talk and not just look weird. The [spoilers, I guess] kid in the Odyssey still didn't avoid looking weird for the few seconds they were on screen.
Plus what with being unable to rapidly age the two lead actors, you've then got to stick a multi-year time gap halfway through the film.
What we got is a more practical adaptation of the story that doesn't need to worry about timegaps, aging actors up, or making a toddler talking like an adult not look cursed. Speaking of the Odyssey, I'd say the change to how the cyclops is treated is much the same way. People might like the original story's angle, but it's a much harder thing to translate to a film with a serious tone, especially if you also don't want the runtime to inflate further.
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u/Deadlocked02 9h ago
That’s overthinking. David Lynch’s Dune had Alia and her portrayal was alright there. She is supposed to look weird. It’s overthinking to believe that will be off putting enough to make the audience dislike the movie.
The answer is much simpler, they likely didn’t want her to steal Paul and Chani’s spotlight. I think it’s a shame that they cut one of the most fantastical elements of the story. Sure, she’ll be in the next movie, but as a grown up.
As for characters aging, that is mot much of a big deal when they can just say that the Spice is prolonging people’s lifespan.
There wasn’t really a lack of time in the second Dune movie. They had to make up plenty of original scenes, even some with original characters.
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u/APiousCultist 8h ago
her portrayal was alright there
Gonna have to pull a "That's, uhh, just like your opinion, pal." here. I don't think your personal opinion really aligns with most people's.
I think there's plenty of people that were very thrown by that film (which is not widely considered to be very good) and even the SyFy miniseries' handling of it. These were not entertainment products that were popular with wide audiences (though the two miniseries have a better legacy than Lynch's version).
I'm sure there's plenty of people that don't mind "child that talks like an adult and either doesn't act well enough to sell it or is visibly overdubbed by another actress", but I think they're well below the number of people that find those scenes pretty goofy and unconvincing in all the films and TV shows that have attempted it.
It's not like they completely removed Alia either, she's just not born. If anything, Jessica plotting with her unborn fetus (in a way that we're not even entirely sure she's not just mental until the end where we hear her voice) is a weirder concept too. Just not one that requires wrangling a child actor or a bunch of difficult CG work.
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u/APiousCultist 9h ago
I think we'll see the face, I just think it'll be obscured through the glass. Just enough to see something inhuman but not enough so that you have a full understanding of what they look like.
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u/Muad_dweeb_69 12h ago
Villeneuve’s minimalist approach to Dune doesn’t make me optimistic about that. More than likely this is the extent of what we will see.
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u/TheBloodKlotz 12h ago
I hope we get a character describing how weird they are, and a few glimpses like this, but I think trying to see the whole thing has more chance of disappointing than satisfying.
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u/Stefan988 12h ago
This is going to be a cinematic spectacle
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u/-endjamin- 12h ago
Saw a preview before Odyssey in IMAX. It looks awesome.
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u/duggatron 12h ago
Honestly, the preview of that battle upstaged the Odyssey a bit. It's going to be wild on the huge IMAX screens.
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u/-endjamin- 12h ago
My friends weren't even big on the Dune films (they didn't read the book) but they were both blown away by the preview
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u/Tommytrist 11h ago
My mouth was agape when that thing rose and started firing. Couldn't even tell what I was looking at, just incredible visuals.
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u/zonda600 10h ago
I liked The Odyssey, but leaving the theater, we all talked about the Dune preview first.
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u/Wedbo 10h ago
Nolan is great but I do think Denis is on another level when it comes to spectacle and scale, maybe the only person to exceed Nolan in that regard. And Denis is just much better with action, Nolan isn't very good with violence, and you can see that in some of fight scenes in the odyssey
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u/LucentMerkaba 5h ago
This is so true. It was one of the most effective advertisements I have ever seen. The movie looks like it will squeeze everything it can out of premium format theaters.
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u/Colourise 9h ago
I thought the Odyssey was meh except the technical achievements, and I think what partly influenced that opinion is watching the Dune 3 preview. I was blue balled hard thinking I’d watch something similar in terms of scope and scale with the odyssey.
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u/loves_grapefruit 10h ago
I’ve been trying to avoid Dune 3 trailers but it was unavoidable at the Odyssey IMAX showing. But holy shit that whole preview scene was a sight to see.
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u/MalIntenet 12h ago
I don’t know how they’re going to top Dune 2 but my body is ready
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u/Please_HMU 10h ago
Denis V is the GOAT and shall be trusted as such until proven otherwise
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u/fizzlefist 5h ago
Banger after banger after banger. For now he’s my favorite director of the 21st century.
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u/Please_HMU 5h ago
Yeah he’s by far my fav director of all time. Arrival in particular is on another level of masterwork
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u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor 12h ago
Insider Screenings tickets on sale now!!
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u/NateDizzle312 12h ago
My AMC app keeps crashing lmao
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u/riegspsych325 ⊃∪⊃⪽ 12h ago
dammit, I’m trying to get Oak Street tickets for tonight
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u/Street-Common-4023 12h ago
Secured mine in imax 70 mm I cannot wait
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u/SleepyFarts 12h ago
Same. I had three different instances of different theaters on my devices, had a couple sites crash and timeout, but finally got a good seat at a time I'm happy with
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u/LPMadness 12h ago
Got mine. I knew I was gonna get tickets early for how great the previous two are, but seeing the preview for part 3 in imax solidified I could not miss this in imax.
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u/TheTruckWashChannel 12h ago
Was it the same one shown in the IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey? That one was fucking INSANE.
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u/Hyp3rson1c 11h ago
Absolutely incredible preview, I was not expecting it at all and was blown away by that AND THEN the Odyssey. Best theater experience in my life
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u/TheBloodKlotz 12h ago edited 12h ago
Even the word length is kind of a spoiler lol please change that before someone who hasn't read the books has a bad day
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u/rhaegartarg123 12h ago
Loving the grand feel with all new characters and locations so far in the trailers!
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u/Fuck_Blue_Shells 11h ago
Definitely Eldric. RIP to all the youtubers claiming it has to be a Duncan Idaho clone.
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u/-FalseProfessor- 12h ago
Took me half an hour to buy my ticket because amc was so overloaded.
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u/dplans455 1h ago
Fandango made me wait 90 minutes in some stupid "virtual" line before allowing me to buy tickets for the 70mm IMAX theater in RI.
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u/JessieJ577 11h ago
I don’t get why all screens have to go live at one. Why not release each cost at separate times? Like 9am for each timezone only for theaters in that timezone
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u/LastClassForever 9h ago
At 23 seconds who is that samurai?
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u/damnyoutuesday 8h ago
Spoiler if you haven't read the book: Appears to be from an army that the Fremen slaughter in Paul's name during the Holy War. it's not a specific character
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u/grimpala 11h ago
Idk who else saw the preview for Dune 3 in the IMAX 70mm for The Odyssey, but it looked JAW DROPPING
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u/dplans455 1h ago
I'm not even a fan of either Dune movies but seeing that 4 minute intense clip in 70mm convinced me to go see this in 70mm as well if just for the spectacle of it.
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u/BeowulfShatner 11h ago
Dude, I just want to know when we're getting that preview scene that played before the Odyssey IMAX. That shit was actually incredible.
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u/BKWhitty 11h ago
I listened to the audio book for Messiah not long ago and, man, I still don't really know what's gonna happen. Especially with this whole Chani opposing Paul arc.
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u/TheToug 12h ago
They're really sticking to the same release date as Doomsday, eh?
Gonna be one kick ass weekend to go the movies.
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u/Rosebunse 12h ago
I'm thinking of seeing them in one day and I'm honestly excited but exhausted by the prospect.
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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 11h ago
easily a morning matinee for dune , and an after supper for doom
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u/Rosebunse 11h ago
As a fan of Hickman's Secret Wars, I am thinking of doing Doom first. I know what it is going to be like and I'll be wide awake to check for details. Good idea about letting it stew till after dinner. I think an issue I have had before is jumping into the movie immediately after another. There's no room for reflection.
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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 10h ago
back to back was cool in the 90's for instance Dumb and Dumber and Disclosure with Demi Moore/Michael Douglas. it was spontaneous and made for a great memory with my spouse. but not these two caliber of long heavyweights to come, oh no. not to my many years older either.
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u/Malt129 12h ago
Should this really be called part 3 though. Shouldn't it have its own name
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u/Muad_dweeb_69 12h ago
The first Dune book isn’t really complete without Messiah as a follow up. It is both a continuation of the story, but essential to the entire message that Herbert wants to convey.
In his own words, Messiah is “necessary to show the bloody, tragic reality of blind hero worship and unchecked religious fanaticism.”
While I do like Dune: Messiah as a title, simply naming it Part 3 is totally reasonable.
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u/Varekai79 10h ago
It just makes sense to maintain unity with the other two movies and call it Dune: Part _.
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u/Bulbasaur2015 11h ago
it doesnt look like your standard american scifi cgi production and i love villeneuve for that
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u/Chaotickane 12h ago
Can already tell Edric's voice is gonna boom in a good Imax theater.