New Delhi: The wait is now over for ‘Dune: Part Two’ fans as Denis Villeneuve’s epic science fiction film will be available to stream on Max from May 21, reports Variety.
The blockbuster rocked the box office as it crossed the $500 million mark at the global box office in March, surpassing the entire earnings of ‘Dune: Part One’. The film grossed $81.5 million in its domestic opening weekend and $97 million at the international box office.
Based on the second part of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel, “Dune: Part Two” follows Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides as he joins the Freemen and attempts to liberate the galaxy from the Harkonnen Empire , who is responsible for his father’s death. Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Léa Seydoux join the original cast of Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Stellan Skarsgård.
The film’s predecessor, ‘Dune: Part One’, received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won awards for original music, sound, film editing, cinematography, production design and visual effects. The first film grossed over $400 million at the global box office.
While a third ‘Dune’ film has not been greenlit by Warner Bros., Villeneuve has promised that he will only proceed with making the film based on Herbert’s “Dune Messiah” novel once he is aware of the fact that It will be better. Compared to “Dune: Part Two”, Variety reports.