Some people like horror movies and some like science fiction. Some people like historical movies while others like dark comedies. If there was a movie that combined all of these things, would you watch it? There is a film that is said to be a combination of both Kalki 2898 AD and Baahubali. It is a Hollywood film and has been released in 2 parts.
The name of this film is Dune. Denis Villeneuve directed and co-produced this Hollywood epic science fiction, which he also co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of two parts adapted from Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name. The film is set in a distant future. It follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.
The film features Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
The film is the third adaptation of Dune, following David Lynch’s 1984 film and John Harrison’s 2000 television miniseries.
Dune was shot mostly between March and July 2019 in Budapest, Jordan, Norway, and Abu Dhabi. The film premiered at the 78th Venice worldwide Film Festival on September 3, 2021, before going worldwide on September 15, 2021; it was subsequently released in cinemas in the United States and streaming on HBO Max on October 22, 2021.
Dune made $407 million off a $165 million budget. It received immense appreciation from both critics and viewers. Villeneuve’s directing, script, cast performances, costuming, Hans Zimmer’s musical soundtrack, cinematography, and retaining core elements from the source material.
At the 94th Academy Awards, Dune won six awards and was nominated in four additional categories, among many other accolades. A sequel, Dune: Part Two, was released on March 1, 2024.
The first part of the movie has an IMDB rating of 8, and Part 2 scored 8.6. Now, one can watch both parts on OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies and Apple TV.
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