After being delayed several times, “Dune – Part Two” will finally arrive in theaters on March 1, and it promises to be one of the biggest movies of 2024. The film, starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, has received universal acclaim from critics, which has been dubbed as one of the best sci-fi movies ever. So, it’s not surprising that the first film is also trending on Netflix worldwide.
According to FlixPatrol, “Dune” has entered the Top 10 on Netflix globally. Meanwhile, in the US, the movie is the eighth most watched (as of Feb. 26). The movie, per JustWatch, is also available to stream on Max, Directv, TNT and TBS.
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After its original release in 2021, “Dune,” directed by Denis Villeneuve, was a commercial success, grossing $434.8 million worldwide against a reported production budget of $165 million. According to Grace Randolph, from Beyond The Trailer, the sequel is tracking to an opening between $60 million to $80 million.
Dune: A star-studded sci-fi epic
Villeneuve’s first film, which was co-written with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, it’s the first of the two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. It isn’t the first adaptation of the novel, which was first brought to the screen by David Lynch’s 1984 film and John Harrison’s 2000 television miniseries.
However, Villneueve’s vision was critically acclaimed, something that Lynch’s work didn’t achieve. Apart from Chalamet and Zendaya, the first movie also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Dune is set in the far distant future, and follows Paul Atreides (Chalamet) as his family, the noble House Atreides, as they get involved in a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis. The film won six awards at the 94th Academy Awards and was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture.
‘Dune: Part Two’ receives universal acclaim
While it still hasn’t arrived in theaters in the US yet, the reviews are in and “Dune: Part Two” has a 97% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes with 153 critics’ reviews. The consensus reads: “Visually thrilling and narratively epic, Dune: Part Two continues Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the beloved sci-fi series in spectacular form.”
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It reached its peak when Chalamet’s Paul Atreides was kidnapped from his family’s spice-mining compound and abandoned in the blazing Arrakis desert, where massive sandworms roamed. So, his mother Jessica (played by Rebecca Ferguson), persuades the Fremen, a desert-dwelling tribe, to see her son as their prophesied hero. However, will he be a true savior?
