Warner Bros. has released a new theatrical poster for Denis Villeneuve's highly-anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, which is set to hit theaters and the HBO Max streaming service this October.
Like the tie-in book cover we shared earlier today, this one-sheet gathers most of the main characters together, giving us new looks at Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Zendaya as Chani, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, and Sharon Duncan Brewster as Dr. Liet Kynes.
Several critics got to see the first 10 minutes of Dune as part of a recent IMAX preview, and the reactions were overwhelmingly positive. We'll just have to hope the movie performs well enough at the box office for the studio to green-light Part 2.
We found out that the sci-fi adaptation had been pushed back from October 1 to October 22 last month. This poster confirms that movie is still set to debut simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, and we recently got word that it will have its out-of-competition world premiere on Friday, September 3 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
For those unfamiliar with the source material, Dune follows the Atreides family as they relocate to the desolate planet of Arrakis to assume control of the production of the most valuable resource in the galaxy, the Spice Melange. Unfortunately, an act of treachery soon makes an outcast of The Duke Atreides' youngest son Paul, and he must accept his destiny as a powerful prophet of the Arrakis natives known as The Fremen.