‘Dune’ Release Date Shifted in Warner Bros. Shuffle

The wait around for “Dune” just bought a little bit for a longer period.

Warner Bros. has shifted the sci-fi epic to a few weeks afterwards, putting it at Oct. 22. It was previously established for Oct. 1.

The move was component of a much larger launch date shuffle by Warner Bros. on Friday. “The Quite a few Saints of Newark” was pushed back again just one week, using the original place held by “Dune.” The “Sopranos” prequel will now launch on Oct. 1, a week later on than its past date of Sept. 24.

The shuffle also affected Clint Eastwood’s upcoming movie “Cry Macho,” which was bumped up one particular month following “Dune” took its former place. “Cry Macho” will now launch on Sept. 17, 3 months forward of its prior date of Oct. 22.

This is the most recent hold off for “Dune,” directed by Denis Villeneuve. The really anticipated film was originally set for Dec. 18, 2020, before being punted nearly a yr to 2021 because of to the COVID-19 pandemic. The A-listing forged involves Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. The movie tells the story of Paul Atreides, a excellent and gifted youthful man born into a great destiny further than his comprehension, who need to travel to the most unsafe world in the universe to ensure the upcoming of his relatives and his individuals. The movie will have its earth premiere at the Venice Movie Pageant.

Coincidentally, “Dune’s” new release date falls on the very same day as “The French Dispatch” the two movies star Chalamet.

“The A lot of Saints of Newark” stars Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, Ray Liotta and Vera Farmiga. Michael Gandolfini will engage in a younger variation of his father’s iconic character, Tony Soprano. The film is set in the explosive period of the Newark riots, when rival gangsters started to increase up, complicated the all-potent DiMeo criminal offense family’s hold around the metropolis.

Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, “Cry Macho” follows a a person-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, will take a work from an ex-manager to provide the man’s youthful son household and absent from his alcoholic mother. Crossing rural Mexico on their back again way to Texas, the not likely pair faces an unexpectedly hard journey, in the course of which the world-weary horseman may perhaps locate his possess perception of redemption by instructing the boy what it signifies to be a good gentleman.

In late 2020, Warner Bros. made the bombshell decision to launch its complete 2021 slate of movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max for a limited time. These films, such as upcoming releases like “The Suicide Squad” and “The Matrix 4” are even now predicted to follow that launch plan.