A crusade is coming. A legend is born. We now have the first trailer for dune, an epic and star-studded take on the classic science fiction novel series.
The man in charge is Denis Villeneuve, an Oscar-winning French-Canadian director who has already demonstrated his mastery in thoughtful and spectacularly spectacular science fiction with Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. The Dune trailer makes it clear that when it comes to scale, this new adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune books is set to be an epic of epics. Seriously, get yourself a load of this thing:
Timothée Chalamet plays Paul Atreides, scion of a dynasty of powerful space nobles in space legends and space politics. Oscar Isaac is his space father who plays the future of his clan on a desert planet where space witches, space villains and absolutely giant space worms collide in the windswept glittering sand. The Emmy nominated Zendaya, the beguiling figure from our young hero's space dreams, also roams the dunes.
The trailer plays with the soaring sounds of the epic melody Eclipse, originally from Pink Floyd, and also gives a few glimpses of the right cast. Charlotte Rampling, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson and Stellan Skarsgård appear in lavish costumes amid huge backdrops and lush imagery in a film that will clearly give Blade Runner 2049 a run for its money of signature style.
And this is just the beginning: A sequel to the story is already planned, as is a TV series, Dune: The Sisterhood with Villeneuve.
Dune is slated to hit theaters on December 18th. Cross your fingers, it's as legendary as the trailer promises.
