In the light of the pandemic, the long-awaited Dune joined the likes of No Time to Die and Black Widow as one of those movies that seemingly got pushed back forever. However, in recent days Warner Bros. took to reviving hype for Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious adaption now capping that off with Dune’s full-length trailer.

Being one of sci-fi’s most accomplished literary works, Frank Herbert’s Dune novels have always been booth incredibly attractive and difficult to adapt into several media formats with Frank Herbert's Dune and Children of Dune series being among the best-regarded of them thanks to its impressive technical prowess they accomplished in the early 2000s, even if any Dune adaptation always fail to meet expectations.

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Duke Leto Atreides’ (Oscar Isaac) stewardship over the sand planet of Arrakis looks every bit as enticing as it does in Herbert’s books. The trailer opens up with a few lines from Zendaya’s character Chani, whose dreamy connections with the Duke’s son, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), set up much of the climate that surrounds the mining operation for Arrakis’ coveted melange spice is a story that promises plenty of intrigue and giant desert worms.

It’s impossible to watch Dune’s trailer and not be marveled by the all-star cast that Villeneuve has put together which sees the likes of Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, and Javier Bardem join the other stars as it looks to emulate Herbert’s middle-eastern inspired political playground now with all the benefit of cutting-edge special effects previous efforts did not have. So far, Arrakis looks as mysterious as one could hope for and the same goes for its Fremen inhabitants, but Hans Zimmer's score also is standout even in this brief trailer.

Villeneuve’s credentials are certainly proven with the worlds he portrayed in movies like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, and the director who also co-wrote this version has already confirmed Dune will cover about half of the novel's first entry. This approach does suggest this Dune is trying to avoid the failures of the past by not extending itself to much on what is already an incredibly large and imaginative world.

Dune’s story is perfect for video games, as the concept of a powerful natural resource that grants superpowers and the political trappings surrounding it make for the perfect interactive plot, so if the film fulfills its potential just like early screenings are suggesting there might be some hope for the franchise to stay around and spread all over the place like desert sand.

Dune is scheduled for release in theaters and HBO Max on October 22, 2021.

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