New ‘Dune’ footage, runtime, and next trailer release, explained

Our following, positive-to-be-spicy seem at this year’s Dune is coming to theaters in a way reminiscent of sneak peeks for 1 of Warner Bros.’ most groundbreaking franchises: Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

Will this new preview carry us the reckoning of Arrakis? On July 21 and July 22, new footage from Dune is envisioned to be screened for the public at IMAX theaters. This footage will only exist in theaters, while a new trailer will abide by and debut on the internet as very well.

It’s a promoting transfer that right away recollects WB’s procedures with the two The Dim Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. In the circumstance of the previous, the film’s opening lender-robbery sequence (which released Heath Ledger’s Joker) was screened in IMAX theaters in entrance of I Am Legend, 7 months right before launch. In the circumstance of the latter, the six-moment prologue in which Tom Hardy’s Bane hijacked a aircraft was attached to 70mm prints of Mission: Unattainable — Ghost Protocol, also 7 months ahead of the movie opened.

Here’s what’s going on, how to check out the new Dune footage and when to be expecting the second Dune trailer. Moderate trailer spoilers may well adhere to.

Dune’s IMAX footage, defined

On July 21 and July 22, at pick out IMAX theaters about the earth, new Dune footage will be screened for men and women in individuals theaters. To be clear, this teaser occasion is open to the community, and you can come across a checklist of taking part theaters right below. (Note: A lot of destinations are “sold out” of cost-free tickets.)

Inverse has been equipped to ensure that this new footage will be screened in addition to a new trailer at the exact same party. The prolonged footage will probable not be produced on-line, so attending a person of these screenings will be your ideal shot at viewing it — that is, until eventually Dune hits theaters and HBO Max in October.

Even now, exterior of this footage, a 2nd Dune trailer is nonetheless coming, and it sounds like anyone will be equipped to see that on the web soon following the screenings.

When will the second Dune trailer fall?

According to trusted Dune scoopster @SecretsofDune, on Twitter, the new Dune trailer — the second trailer for the movie over-all — will debut at these in-human being events, but adhering to that will strike the internet on Friday, July 23.

“The trailer will be released digitally on the 23rd in accordance to what I know,” said the resource, also noting that authentic Dune author Frank Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, will be building some type of announcement the following day.

It appears like the weekend of July 24-25 could obtain a lot more Dune spoilers displaying up on the net than ever before. At the incredibly least, be expecting lovers and journalists who attended the screenings to dissect what they’ve seen on line. (Which includes here on Inverse!)

Is Dune’s runtime confirmed?

As word has circulated on the web about this new footage, it appears that many non-American film resources have also confirmed the overall runtime of Dune as 155 minutes. A minor above two-and-a-50 % several hours, this is somewhat shorter than director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, which clocked in at 173 minutes. It’s also pretty close to the runtime of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

We’re not on the lookout at a four-hour epic, which could again up rumors that the new Dune movie will have an “abrupt” ending and most likely only adapt about 50 percent of Herbert’s initially novel.

Dune hits theaters in the US on Oct 22, 2021, and stream on HBO Max the identical working day.