‘Dune’ release delayed to October 2021 – reports

Audiences will have to wait a while longer before seeing Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune.

Warner Bros has delayed the film’s release to October 1, 2021, according to reports from US media, including Hollywood publication Variety.

Dune was initially meant to premiere in the Philippines in January 2021.

Dune is a much-awaited adaptation of Frank Herbert’s best-selling 1965 novel. It is set in the far future, and follows the Atreides family as they relocate to the desert planet of Arrakis to take over the mining of a powerful and mysterious substance called “the spice.”

The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Sakarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.

Dune is one of a slew of films whose releases have been delayed under the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, the premiere of upcoming James Bond flick No Time To Die was also pushed back to April 2021. – Rappler.com