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Image: Warner Bros.It’s May, meaning the summer movie season is about to kick into high gear, but sci-fi fans have their sights on something else. Something distant. The month of November. Because that’s when Denis Villeneuve will finally unleash the sequel fans have been eagerly anticipating—Dune: Part Two—on the world.Warner Bros. got the marketing off on the right foot this week, releasing a nice, juicy, unusually early trailer that included all sorts of goodies, from Timothée Chalamet riding a sandworm, to a…

The moment we’ve all been waiting for since is finally here. When Dune: Part One hit theaters, it was fantastic, but it only told half the story. Everyone who saw it immediately wanted to see what was next—and now, we can. The first trailer for Dune: Part Two has arrived, and it’s glorious.Spoilers of the Week May 16-20Once again directed by Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two continues the tale of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his time on the desert planet of Arrakis. It’s scheduled for release on November 3. Which,…

A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we know the plot (Paul unites the Fremen, revolts, fights Feyd-Rautha) while the rest of the political power-players (the Bene Gesserit, Irulan, and Harkonnen) scrabble for relevancy against literal giant sandworms and a nation of colonized peopel who are so fucking ready to do a murder.It’s going to be good. It’s going to be very, very good. A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we…

Dune: Part Two won’t be in theaters until November 3—but you can get a brief glimpse of it right now, plus a lot more tomorrow. Warner Bros. just released the first poster for the highly anticipated sequel, as well as a brief clip teasing the full trailer, which will arrive tomorrow.Spoilers of the Week May 16-20Once again directed by Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two continues the journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) who, along with his mother Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), is now under the protection of the…

In the second half of Frank Herbert’s Dune, there’s a moment that changes everything: when Paul Atreides, the left-for-dead son of a Duke, finally proves himself to the Fremen, the native people of the planet Arrakis who have been protecting him and his mother.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29 Book readers know, of course, exactly what happens. After months of preparation, Paul takes his hooks, runs along the top of a sand dune and, at just the right moment, fallsinto a storm of sand created by the huge sandworm that has…

It’s Oscar Week. Oscar Isaac, of course. Here, we see him at the premiere of Moon Knight.Image: Marvel StudiosFans across the globe have been patiently waiting for this week. The week to celebrate all that is great in film and television. Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, it’s Oscar week.Oscar Issac, of course. The star of Dune, Ex Machina, Star Wars, and Moon Knight. The guy currently co-starring in the of Lorraine Hansberry play The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It’s a…

Austin Butler attends “AARP The Magazine’s” 21st Annual Movies for Grownups Awards on January 28, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Amy Sussman (Getty Images)Austin Butler—previously best known for MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles—turned in a performance in Elvis that brought him A-list fame and an Oscar nomination. His next project, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, is similarly high-profile, and it sounds like it’ll showcase yet another aspect of his acting talents.“Everything about his demeanor is terrifying,”…

Photo: Pascal Le Segretain (Getty Images), Jeff Spicer (Getty Images)The universe of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is getting bigger with official casting announced for the prequel spin-off series Sisterhood of Dune. Variety announced that Emily Watson (Chernobyl) will play Valya Harkonnen and Shirley Henderson (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker) will play Tula Harkonnen. The show is set 10,000 years before the events of Dune and is based on the novel Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert (son of original Dune series writer and…