The New Dune Movie Was Too Big For Just One Movie

Based just on what we know about the upcoming film adaptation of Dune, we were already expecting it to be epic. I mean, that cast by itself is something to marvel at: Timothe Chalamet , Oscar Isaac , Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa , Josh Brolin , just to start. On top of that, there's the hugely-influential source material, and one of the industry's hottest directors attached to direct. We already knew that Dune was going to be epic. Now, though, we know that it's going to be so epic that it won't all fit into one movie. That's rightDune will be a two-part movie extravaganza.

According to another Vanity Fair story offering details behind the upcoming Dune film, director Denis Villeneueve pushed hard for the novel's story to be split into two films, the same strategy taken with the recent adaptation of Stephen King 's epic horror novel, IT. That means the Dune movie scheduled for release on December 18 will only cover the first half of Frank Herbert's epic 1965 novel .

I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie, Villeneuve told VF. The world is too complex. Its a world that takes its power in details.

While Dune focuses on a number of Sci-Fi staples: space, battle, fighting epic families, harvesting resources of a mysterious far-away planet, so on and so forth, it's also sourced from a 55-year-old book that has a number of themes that still resonate today.

Director Denis Villeneuve, pictured here with Javier Bardem, will bring #Dune to life with not one, but two epic films: I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie. The world is too complex. Its a world that takes its power in details." pic.twitter.com/aTcXkgeva0 VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair)

No matter what you believe, Earth is changing, and we will have to adapt, Villenueve said. Thats why I think that Dune, this book, was written in the 20th century. It was a distant portrait of the reality of the oil and the capitalism and the exploitationthe overexploitationof Earth. Today, things are just worse. Its a coming-of-age story, but also a call for action for the youth.

It's not known as of now when the second part of Dune is scheduled for release, but the first part remains on target for a December 18 release despite the COVID-19 pandemic.