You must have heard the movie name Dune in 2021. If not then lately for sure. In March, this movie has become talk of the town as new sequel released with mesmerizing cinematography and cast as before.
Timothee Chalamet as Paul in Dune
Colleagues, mates, friends, and even your boyfriend of girlfriend might be talking about this movie whole day and some of us might be like, what the?? Heh, ok ok. I got this for you and wrote a short history of Dune, answering some of basics question you might have. Read the article below for that.
What is Dune?
Dune Book
A novel by Frank Herbert written in 1965. Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. This novel is set on the planet Arrakis. Paul Atrreides an heir of a royal family, assigned to rule over a vast desert of spice. Spice is a special mixture which has the capability to expand life expectancy and consciousness. It’s desirable for the whole universe and worth fighting for. According to the data of the website good reads, the rating of this novel is around 3 and a half with more than 60 thousands public review.
Journey of Dune in The Theaters.
Dune Movies over the years
Dune 1984
Director David Lynch’s version of Dune released exactly 40 year’s back. This movie won best science fiction film award under Saturn Award. Here is a poster of the movie.
Poster of Dune 1984
IMDB : 6.3
Dune Part: I (2021)
Lately, Dune movie released under the banner of Werner Bros. Part one was released in 2021 directed by Denis Villeneuve. This movie was highly appreciated by the movie critique and also, by the spectators. Dune Part I bagged Academy Award for best cinematography, best visual effect, best production design along with best sound and film editing. Original score by Hans Zimmer also got Academy Award of 2022. In total they got 9 Oscar Awards in different categories while they got nominated in 10 categories.
IMDB: 8
Here’s the trailer if you still haven’t experienced the movie.
Dune: Part II
Taking almost all the crowns in part I, Dune Part II launched on 1 March 2024. It capped $81.5 million in US and $178 million Global in its starting day. This movie cost of around $190 million in making and post production.
Poster of Dune part II
According to IMDB rating it has 9/10 till March 5.
Will there be Dune: Part III?
As we read earlier that there are a total 5 sequels of the novel, and two parts have already been in theaters with huge gross profit and good criticism, we can hope that in the next two years we might find another sequel in our nearest theater. There’s no reason we can lose hope of that.