‘Dune: Part Two’ Delays Release to 2024 Amid Ongoing Actors Strike
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The movie's star-packed cast, led by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, can't promote Denis Villeneuve's sequel until the labor dispute is resolved.
  • undeffeined@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Really sad to read this but better delayed and good than on schedule and bad specially since it’s due to marketing reasons… it’s the second part to a very successful first part, I wouldn’t think it needs so much Marketing but I’m not in advertising.

  • Maple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    74·
    1 year ago

    What is it with movies releasing in two parts nowadays? Saw the same thing with Across the Spiderverse, and I guess the same thing happened to Ninja Turtles, but I haven’t watched that one so I might be wrong. Fast X too from what I hear.

    • FrederikNJS@lemm.eeEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      It’s an adaptation of a book. And there’s a lot of stuff going on in that first book. Most people are not up for a 5 hour movie.

        • FrederikNJS@lemm.eeEnglish
          141·
          1 year ago

          Sure! That version from 1984 now also occupies a comfortable spot with a 6.3/10 rating according to IMDB, while the 2021 movie is longer in runtime and only tackles half of the book, while enjoying a 8.0/10 rating…

          So sure, you could have condensed the whole book into a single movie with the same runtime… But it does come at a cost when the books have so much world building to do.

    • Tilgare@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      It’s not exactly a new phenomenon. Kill Bill did it 20 years ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Twilight Breaking Dawn did it 12 years ago. The Hobbit was inexplicably split in 3. Mockingjay was a 2 parter. IT released as chapter 1 and chapter 2. Add to your list Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning which just did the same thing this year.

      I much prefer a multipart film over a rushed mess. Dune is a great candidate, given that it is adapting almost 1000 pages.

  • niktemadur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    If this is part of the miserly suits of Hollywoodland in the process of getting battered, I accept it gladly.
    But yeah… goddamn it.

  • mayo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    3 years between movies… ouch. The first movie didn’t have enough heart in it for me I’m hoping part 2 improves on that, but I feel like most but not all of Villeneuves movies are more cerebral than emotional.