Warner Bros. is releasing a special Dune: Part Two preview – and you’ll only be able to watch it in a specific format.
As its name suggests, Dune: Part Two is the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel, Dune. It brings back several original cast members, including leading man Timothée Chalamet, alongside newcomers such as Austin Butler and Florence Pugh.
Dune: Part Two was originally supposed to drop in late 2023. However, the Hollywood strikes that year prompted Warner Bros. to bump the epic blockbuster’s release date to March 2024. Unsurprisingly given this delay, fans are constantly clamouring for new footage from the sequel.
And Warner Bros. is about to deliver – but some folks will almost certainly miss out on seeing it.
There’s only one way to see the new Dune: Part Two preview
That’s because the new Dune: Part Two preview is an exclusive bonus included with Dune: Part One’s upcoming IMAX re-release. These screenings will all take place on a single day, January 24, at select IMAX venues. So, if you can’t get to a participating theater on that day, you’re out of luck.
#DuneMovie returns exclusively to IMAX for ONE NIGHT ONLY on January 24. Experience Denis Villeneuve’s film the way it was meant to be seen. This special event also includes a sneak peek at #DunePartTwo. Get tickets now! https://t.co/CRhJbh6oxA #FilmedForImax pic.twitter.com/QiQjWhtS3r
— DUNE (@dunemovie) January 17, 2024
Predictably, the limited availability of the Dune: Part Two preview left some franchise devotees as fired up as Fremen.
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“Thrilled to see it again!” wrote one X user. “But I think it’s cruel to only offer it for only one day at only the truly IMAX theatres.” “Rerelease it to every IMAX, don’t do this to us,” pleaded a second. “Is this a joke post?” demanded a third. “Not a single IMAX in my country is showing it.”
Reactions like these reflect the passion of the Dune fanbase, whose members responded with similar fervor to Dune: Part Two’s delay. Some even piggybacked off a social media gag, pretending they were behind a fictional lawsuit over the Dune sequel’s setback.
Is Dune 3 officially happening?
Villeneuve doesn’t seem bothered by fans’ borderline fanaticism over the Dune franchise, though. On the contrary, the Canadian filmmaker is keen to return to Arrakis for a third Dune installment.
He’s even working on the Dune 3 screenplay – based on Herbert’s second tome, Dune Messiah – despite Warner Bros. not officially greenlighting the project yet.
“[Dune Messiah] is almost finished but it is not finished,” Villeneuve said in December 2023. “It will take a little time. There’s a dream of making a third movie… It would make absolute sense to me.”