History Film / Dune2021

Previews: [[https://youtu.be/n9xhJrPXop4 Official Trailer]].

** The Baron again undergoes bizarre oil baths, although this time he submerges himself completely on them rather than placing himself under a thin shower. A 2021 preview also showing him floating akin to the 1984 version, also copied by the 2000 miniseries, whereas he didn't actually float in the book - his anti-gravity suspensors carried most of his weight so that he could walk.

** The Baron again undergoes bizarre oil baths, although this time he submerges himself completely on them rather than placing himself under a thin shower.

** Rabban and the Harkonnen soldiers are clad in bulky green armor, while the Atreides workers wear black uniforms with high collars and kepi-like caps, both of them imitating their homologues from the 1984.

%%* SparedByTheAdaptation: The trailer shows Duncan surviving the Harkonnen attack on the Atreides, where his book counterpart met his [[spoiler: first]] death.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Viewers familiar with the book will be able to tell from the first trailer that [[spoiler:Duncan Idaho survives the Harkonnens' initial attack on House Atreides. Whether he becomes a case of SparedByTheAdaptation or DiesDifferentyInAdaptation remains to be seen.]]

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It is currently slated to have a simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

For the other adaptations of ''Dune'', see ''Film/Dune1984'' and ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune''.

''Dune'' is a 2021 epic SpaceOpera film and a new [[TheFilmOfTheBook feature adaptation]] of Creator/FrankHerbert's seminal 1965 novel ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', produced by Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/LegendaryPictures. It is directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve and co-written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, and will [[DividedForAdaptation cover roughly the first half of the book]]. A second film to cover the whole story is planned.

''Dune'' is a 2021 epic SpaceOpera film and a new [[TheFilmOfTheBook feature adaptation]] of Creator/FrankHerbert's seminal 1965 novel ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', produced by Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/LegendaryPictures. It is directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve and co-written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, and will [[DividedAdaptation cover roughly the first half of the book]]. A second film to cover the whole story is planned.

''Dune'' is a 2021 epic SpaceOpera film and a new [[TheFilmOfTheBook feature adaptation]] of Creator/FrankHerbert's seminal 1965 novel ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', produced by Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/LegendaryPictures. It is directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve and co-written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, and will cover roughly the first half of the book. A second film to cover the whole story is planned.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Viewers familiar with the book will be able to tell from the first trailer that [[spoiler:Duncan Idaho survives the Harkonnens' initial attack on House Atreides. Whether he becomes a case of SparedByTheAdaptation or DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation remains to be seen.]]

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It is currently slated to have a simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax, though rumors of changes to this plan abound in the wake of management shakeups at Creator/WarnerMedia. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It will not have a simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax, unlike the rest of WB's slate for 2021. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It's unclear if it will have a simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax like the rest of WB's slate for 2021. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

* BoisterousBruiser: In the trailer, Duncan is quite expressive when welcoming Paul with a BearHug. He's also ready to "fight like a demon", and [[ScreamingWarrior shouts when throwing himself in battle]] against the Sardaukars. Bonus point for being played by Jason Momoa, who has a certain knack for playing these.

* MythologyGag: The trailer shows several aesthetic elements that were introduced in the 1984 adaptation.

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It’s unclear if it will have a simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax like the rest of WB's slate for 2021. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

!!!'''[[SimilarlyNamedWorks For the other adaptations]] of ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', see ''Film/Dune1984'' and ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune''.'''

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Along with the rest of WB's slate for 2021, ''Dune'' will have a same-day release on Creator/HBOMax and in theaters where available.

Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for HBO Max.

For the 1984 film adaptation of ''Dune'' by Creator/DavidLynch, see [[Film/Dune1984 here]]. For the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, see [[Series/FrankHerbertsDune here]].

%%* MysteriousVeil: Both Reverend Mother Mohiam and the Atreides women are shown wearing burqa-like veils that cover completely their heads, though both being clearly made to be see-through unlike the real life version.
%%* MythologyGag: The film takes up several aesthetic elements that were introduced in the 1984 adaptation.
%%** The Baron again undergoes bizarre oil baths, although this time he submerges himself completely on them rather than placing himself under a thin shower.
%%** The Sardaukar are again hidden under full pressure suits (though not as voluminous as the 1984 version), despite in the book they wore regular military uniforms and helmets.
%%** Rabban and the Harkonnen soldiers are clad in bulky green armor, while the Atreides workers wear black uniforms with high collars and kepi-like caps, both of them imitating their homologues from the 1984.

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Along with the rest of WB's slate for 2021), ''Dune'' will have a same-day release on Creator/HBOMax and in theaters where available.

The film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 2020 but was pushed back to October 1, 2021 due to scheduling issues caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Villeneuve has also been announced to showrun ''Dune: The Sisterhood'', a live action SpinOff series [[ExpandedUniverse set in his film's universe]] and focusing on the Bene Gesserit, for Creator/HBOMax.

%%* AdaptationalDiversity:
%%** In the novels, the Fremen at the time of the first book were a heavily patriarchal society rooted in their Zensunni Muslim origins; their women were usually treated like conjugal booty, with men being polygynous and even inheriting the wife of any man that they killed to do with as they wished (albeit only for a year; after that the woman's free to choose for herself) and the only high rank that females could occupy was that of Sayyadina or Reverend Mother. In the film, to better fit modern sensibilities, their very leader Liet has been gender-flipped into a woman.
%%** In the original novel, Dr. Wellington Yueh was not described as being any racially different from the rest of the Atreides household, and has been previously played by Caucasian actors. In this film, he's played by an Asian instead. It helps, however, that "Yueh" can be a romanization of an actual Chinese surname, Yue, making the change nicely fitting.
%%** Inverted with the novel's use of the term "Jihad," an Islamic holy war, which is replaced with the less culturally and politically-charged "Crusade."
* AdaptationExpansion: Mixed with a reference to the first film. The trailer showcases elements not present in the books, but rather introduced in the 1984 adaptation, like the Baron's oil baths and the houses' uniforms (see Mythology Gag below).

For the 1984 film by Creator/DavidLynch, see [[Film/Dune1984 here]], and for the 2000 series, see [[Series/FrankHerbertsDune here]].

* AdaptationExpansion:
** Mixed with a reference to the first film. The trailer showcases elements not present in the books, but rather introduced in the 1984 adaptation, like the Baron's oil baths and the houses' uniforms (see Mythology Gag below).
%%** The film also amps up the Islamic aesthetic from the book, having several of their female characters wearing veils inspired on burqa.

* SandWorm: Shai-Hulud appears in all its glory at the end of the trailer. A shot with Paul in the foreground shows that its individual ''scales'' are the size of buildings. And the one which attacks the spice harvester crew earlier on appears to be considerably bigger than that. These are creatures you would worship too if you had to live with them
* ScreamingWarrior: Duncan shouts loudly before attacking the Sardaukars in the trailers.

* AdaptationalDiversity:
** In the novels, the Fremen at the time of the first book were a heavily patriarchal society rooted in their Zensunni Muslim origins; their women were usually treated like conjugal booty, with men being polygynous and even inheriting the wife of any man that they killed to do with as they wished (albeit only for a year; after that the woman's free to choose for herself) and the only high rank that females could occupy was that of Sayyadina or Reverend Mother. In the film, to better fit modern sensibilities, their very leader Liet has been gender-flipped into a woman.
** In the original novel, Dr. Wellington Yueh was not described as being any racially different from the rest of the Atreides household, and has been previously played by Caucasian actors. In this film, he's played by an Asian instead. It helps, however, that "Yueh" can be a romanization of an actual Chinese surname, Yue, making the change nicely fitting.
** Inverted with the novel's use of the term "Jihad," an Islamic holy war, which is replaced with the less culturally and politically-charged "Crusade."

** The film also amps up the Islamic aesthetic from the book, having several of their female characters wearing veils inspired on burqa.

* GenderFlip: Dr. Liet-Kynes is changed into a woman.

* MysteriousVeil: Both Reverend Mother Mohiam and the Atreides women are shown wearing burqa-like veils that cover completely their heads, though both being clearly made to be see-through unlike the real life version.
* MythologyGag: The film takes up several aesthetic elements that were introduced in the 1984 adaptation.
** The Baron again undergoes bizarre oil baths, although this time he submerges himself completely on them rather than placing himself under a thin shower.
** The Sardaukar are again hidden under full pressure suits (though not as voluminous as the 1984 version), despite in the book they wore regular military uniforms and helmets.
** Rabban and the Harkonnen soldiers are clad in bulky green armor, while the Atreides workers wear black uniforms with high collars and kepi-like caps, both of them imitating their homologues from the 1984.
* RaceLift: Dr. Yueh, implied to be the same race as the Atreides in the books, is played here by Taiwanese actor Chan Cheng.