“Dune: Part Two” has been delayed to 2024. The story of Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet, will be continued on March 15. Warner Bros. made the announcement Thursday after Vari…
A bit of a bummer, but the writers and actors getting a fair shake is more important in the long run.
Wouldn’t it have been completely written and shot by now? Are vfx workers in on the strike? I assume so and support that, but I think this particular title is past being held up by writers and actors.
The reason given is that the actors aren’t available to do promotion in the lead up to a november release.
I don’t know enough about the effect of that kind of marketing to really say if that’s a reasonable excuse or not. I want to film to be a financial success, but I’m also someone who literally had the iMax page bookmarked and I’d check it every day to see if there was news on tickets. It doesn’t necessarily feel like a title that’s going to require a lot of marketing effort (the first film essentially is the marketing), but I could be off base.
Wouldn’t it have been completely written and shot by now? Are vfx workers in on the strike? I assume so and support that, but I think this particular title is past being held up by writers and actors.
I think they are stretching up whatever material they have so they don’t run out of it until they can resume productions.
The reason given is that the actors aren’t available to do promotion in the lead up to a november release.
I don’t know enough about the effect of that kind of marketing to really say if that’s a reasonable excuse or not. I want to film to be a financial success, but I’m also someone who literally had the iMax page bookmarked and I’d check it every day to see if there was news on tickets. It doesn’t necessarily feel like a title that’s going to require a lot of marketing effort (the first film essentially is the marketing), but I could be off base.