‘Dune: Part Two’ delayed until March 2024 following writer strikes

The discharge of Dune: Part Two has been pushed again to March fifteenth amid ongoing author and actor strikes, in accordance with Variety. The hotly anticipated movie was initially scheduled for November third, however Warner Bros. and producer Legendary Leisure agreed to delay it over 4 months — probably as a result of the movie would not meet its full field workplace potential with out publicity from the star-studded solid. 

The studio and manufacturing firm held out on delaying the movie so long as potential, in accordance The Hollywood Reporter, however would have wanted to begin promoting the movie by early September. It reportedly hoped the additional time would permit the solid, which incorporates Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh and Christopher Walken, to take part in a full advertising push.

Together with Half Two, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Lord of the Rings: The Warfare of the Rohirrim have been pushed again to April twelfth, 2024 and December thirteenth, 2024, respectively. These dates have been shuffled largely to accommodate Dune: Half Two. 

The continuing labor actions by writers and actors in Hollywood are a results of long-simmering tensions over a lot of points, however notably attributable to residual funds from Netflix and different streaming platforms. Warner Bros. Discovery was on the heart of those within the latest previous, because it elected to launch some movies both on to its HBO Max (now MAX) streaming platform with zero or limited theatrical releases. Nonetheless, CEO David Zaslav said last year that the corporate “will totally embrace theatrical” going ahead. 

Dune: Half One carried out properly sufficient on the field workplace with a $402 million gross, however hype for the sequel is way increased. “Half One is extra of a contemplative film. Half Two is an action-packed, epic struggle film. It’s rather more dense. We went to all new areas,” mentioned director Denis Villeneuve.