Despite a report to the contrary, the release has been confirmed by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. has confirmed that the eagerly awaited Dune adaptation will arrive in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day, as originally announced, and that day is still Oct. 1, 2021.
The situation regarding the release of this sci-fi epic was recently bought into question, when Deadline reported on May 17 that Warner Bros. was reversing its decision to release Dune in theaters and on streaming on the same day.
“Deadline hears that Dune, the high-profile Denis Villeneuve sci-fi remake out this fall, will not adhere to the day-and-date release pattern established for the entire 2021 slate. Instead, it will premiere in Venice in September and then enter theaters for a time before finding its way to streaming service HBO Max, says the article.
With as much love as I have the strange adaptation of
Dune done in 1984 and all the history around it and its production, and my fascination for what Jodorowsky was attempting to do in the 70s to adapt it, the reveal what feels like so long ago that Denis Villeneuve was going to adapt the film after working on projects like
Arrival and
Blade Runner 2049 truly got my hopes up. The casting has been intriguing, the talent level fantastic, and the teases and hints incredibly exciting.
When we got the news awhile ago about how WarnerMedia was bringing a number of its 2021 films out in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time, that lead to a lot of confusion on the distributors side as partner Legendary Pictures wasn’t consulted. This film is one that they see as the launch of a potentially big franchise and splitting it through theatrical and streaming was not what they had in mind.
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