The way forward for Arrakis is at stake in newest trailer for Dune: Half Two

We did not get to see Dune: Half Two—the second movie in director Denis Villeneuve’s gorgeous adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi basic—final month as initially deliberate for the reason that movie’s November launch was delayed till subsequent March because of the Hollywood strikes. However Warner Bros. does not need us to fully overlook about Dune within the meantime, so it dropped one other trailer for the vacation season.

(Spoilers for Dune: Half One beneath.)

As reported beforehand (additionally right here and right here), Herbert’s novel Dune is about within the distant future and follows the fortunes of assorted noble homes in what quantities to a feudal interstellar society. A lot of the motion takes place on the planet Arrakis, the place the economic system is pushed largely by a uncommon, life-extending drug known as melange (“the spice”). Melange additionally conveys a form of prescience and makes faster-than-light journey sensible. There’s betrayal, a prophecy regarding a messianic determine, large sandworms, and battle upon battle as protagonist Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) contends with rival Home Harkonnen and strives to defeat the forces of Shaddam IV, Emperor of the Identified Universe.

Half One‘s finale left Paul and his mom, Woman Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), presumed useless within the harsh desert of Arrakis, having fled their house when Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) betrayed the Atreides household and killed Paul’s father, Leto (Oscar Isaac). They have been taken in by the Fremen, the planet’s native inhabitants, who embrace Chani (Zendaya), a woman showing in Paul’s desires/visions.

All of the surviving rules from Half 1 reprise their roles in Half 2: Chalamet, Zendaya, Ferguson, Skarsgård, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, Charlotte Rampling because the Reverend Mom Mohiam, and Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat. New solid members embrace Christopher Walken as Shaddam IV, emperor of Home Corrine; Florence Pugh as his daughter, Princess Irulan; Austin Butler as Harkonnen’s youthful nephew, Feyd-Rautha, the presumed inheritor on Arrakis; Lea Seydoux as Woman Margot, a Bene Gesserit who’s shut with the Emperor; and Souheila Yacoub as a Fremen warrior named Shishakli.

The first trailer dropped in Could after being unveiled in an unique sneak peek throughout CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The spotlight was a sequence displaying Paul’s first journey on a sandworm. It is a main ceremony of passage in Fremen tradition, and the scene demonstrates that, in Half 2, Paul is effectively on his method to changing into Muad’Dib, prophet of the Fremen. A second trailer arrived in June, displaying Paul providing to battle with the Fremen towards their widespread enemy, although not everybody welcomes his inclusion. We additionally noticed a reunion with Halleck; Shaddam IV studying that Paul remains to be alive; Feyd-Rautha’s deadly knife-fighting expertise; and love blooming between Paul and Chani.

That love story is a significant focus of this newest trailer after two that largely highlighted the battle for the way forward for Arrakis. The trailer opens with Paul having certainly one of his recurring nightmares and Chani comforting him. He can solely bear in mind fragments however later tells Chani that he sees “doable futures . And in so many futures, our enemies prevail.” He mentioned, “There’s a slender method by way of.” In the meantime, the Emperor orders assassins to “cope with this prophet.” One one that would possibly get the job carried out is Feyd-Rautha, described as psychotic as we see him staring somebody down whereas licking a pointy curved blade and brutally stabbing an opponent in an area whereas a crowd cheers wildly.

There is a incredible battle scene involving Fremen warriors driving sandworms, and we catch a glimpse of the darker facet of Paul when he screams “Silence!” after Mom Mohian asks him to fastidiously contemplate his deliberate plan of action. Regardless of the battle, he vows to like Chani “so long as I breathe.” She claims he won’t ever lose her “so long as you keep who you’re.” However followers of the books know that the romance has its problems, and given one new solid member specifically, we will anticipate to see the beginnings of these problems.

Dune: Half Two hits theaters on March 1, 2024.

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