After its triumphant passage through cinemas, where it is still present in some theaters in Spain since it premiered on March 15, ‘Dune: Part Two’ It finally has a release date on HBO Max, and it’s very soon.
The film directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson, among others, is released on Tuesday, May 21 on the Warner Bros. Discovery platform, coinciding with the launch day of its renewed and renamed version simply Max.
The film continues the epic story based on the influential science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, after a first part that raised more than $400 million globallydespite premiering in the midst of a pandemic and having a simultaneous streaming release in the United States.
‘Dune: Part Two’ takes us back into the mythical journey of Paul Atreides as he joins Chani and the Fremen, led by Stilgar, on a dangerous journey to take revenge on the conspirators who destroyed his family. Faced with the choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul will have to avoid, at any cost, a terrible future that only he can foresee..
In addition to the aforementioned actors, ‘Dune: Part Two’ also features its stellar cast with Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård and Charlotte Rampling.
The highest grossing of the year
‘Dune: Part Two’ raises the bar of the first part in all aspects and this has also been reflected at the box office, where The film has grossed an impressive $710 million worldwide., a figure within the reach of very few productions lately. In fact, with that collection, ‘Dune: Part Two’ is officially the highest-grossing film so far this year worldwide, followed by ‘Godzilla and Kong: The New Empire’ (also distributed by Warner Bros.) with 558 millions.
Although Part Three (or ‘Dune: Messiah’) is not officially announced, Villeneuve has already said that he is working on the script and it is known that Legendary, the studio behind the saga, has it in development. Come on, after the excellent box office results of Part Two and the forecasts that place it with an advantage in the next Oscars, it is practically assured.
