has often used Venice to launch potential awards season tentpoles, including “A Star Is Born,” “Gravity,” and “Joker,” which won the festival’s Golden Lion.
The planet is the home of the world’s most valuable resource, a drug called spice that extends human life and gives its users super-human abilities.
Starring opposite Chalamet in “Dune” are Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, and David Dastmalchian.
As of now, the film remains set for a hybrid release October 1 in which the movie will open in theaters on the same day it becomes available to stream on HBO Max for 31 days.
It’s been reported that Legendary’s biggest issue with moving “Dune” to streaming is that it could impact the long-term commercial viability of the franchise, as the film is the first of a planned two-part movie.
“It is all about the survival of a telecom mammoth, one that is currently bearing an astronomical debt of more than $150 billion.