Like all 2021 Warner Bros. films, Dune was streamed simultaneously on HBO Max for a period of one month. [147] The film was then removed from the service and followed the normal home media release schedule, [147] [148] similar to the process Warner Bros. used for Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). [149] Villeneuve was one of several directors, alongside movie theater chains and production companies (including Legendary Entertainment, which produced and financed the film), who expressed disappointment and displeasure over the move. [150] In a column published in Variety, he wrote, Pond, Steve (September 3, 2021). " 'Dune' Film Review: Huge Sci-Fi Epic Is Relentlessly Dark But Also Thrilling". TheWrap. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021 . Retrieved September 6, 2021. McNary, Dave (January 9, 2019). "Stellan Skarsgard to Play Villain in Dune Movie". Variety. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019 . Retrieved January 11, 2019.

a b c Child, Ben (August 27, 2021). "Will Denis Villeneuve's Dune finally succeed where others failed?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021 . Retrieved September 28, 2021. Herbert died in 1986, [16] [17] leaving his vision of the events of the Butlerian Jihad unexplored and open to speculation. [10] The Legends of Dune prequel trilogy (2002–2004) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson presents the Jihad as a war between humans and the sentient machines they had created, who rise up and nearly destroy humanity. [18] The series explains that humanity had become entirely complacent and dependent upon thinking machines; recognizing this weakness, a group of ambitious, militant humans calling themselves the Titans use this widespread reliance on machine intelligence to seize control of the entire universe. [18] Their reign lasts for a century; eventually they give too much access and power to the AI program Omnius, which usurps control from the Titans themselves. [10] [18] Seeing no value in human life, the thinking machines—now including armies of robot soldiers and other aggressive machines—dominate and enslave nearly all of humanity in the universe for 900 years, until a jihad is ignited. [10] This crusade against the machines lasts for nearly a century, with much loss of human lif For the similarities between some of Herbert's terms and ideas and actual words and concepts in the Arabic language, as well as the series' " Islamic undertones" and themes, a Middle Eastern influence in Herbert's works has been widely noted. Kroll, Justin (February 13, 2019). "Josh Brolin Joins Timothee Chalamet in Star-Studded Dune Reboot". Variety. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019 . Retrieved February 13, 2019. Sneider, Jeff (October 6, 2020). "Exclusive: Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' Movie Is Moving to Late 2021". Collider. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020 . Retrieved October 6, 2020.Roxborough, Scott (September 10, 2021). "How 'Dune' Cinematographer Greig Fraser Created the Look of Denis Villeneuve's Sci-Fi Epic". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023 . Retrieved March 15, 2023. Grobar, Matt (March 27, 2022). " 'Dune' Production Designer Patrice Vermette Pays Tribute To Late Jean-Marc Vallée In Oscar Speech". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022 . Retrieved May 11, 2022. a b Latchem, John (February 10, 2022). " 'Dune' Rises to No. 1 on Redbox On Demand Chart, Tops Disc Rentals for Third Week". Media Play News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022 . Retrieved March 8, 2022. Krol, Charlotte (September 17, 2020). " 'Dune': Hans Zimmer supervised 32-person choir over FaceTime for Pink Floyd 'Eclipse' cover". NME. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020 . Retrieved September 18, 2020.

N'Duka, Amanda (February 19, 2019). "Legendary's Dune Film Adds Ant-Man and the Wasp Actor David Dastmalchian". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019 . Retrieved February 19, 2019. D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 3, 2022). " 'Dune: Part Two' Ramping Up Production This Month". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022 . Retrieved July 3, 2022. Shortly after publication in 1965, Dune was identified for potential film prospects and the rights to adapt the novel to film have been held by several producers since 1971. Attempts to make a film were made and it was considered to be "unfilmable" owing to its breadth of content. [8] [9] [10] Due to the book's status among fans, deviations from the original material without strong justification have the potential to harm the film's reputation. [11] Spice World: WIRED Traces the Dune Legacy". Wired. September 28, 2021. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021 . Retrieved September 28, 2021.An attempt to assassinate Paul with a hunter-seeker fails. Yueh betrays the Atreides and disables Arrakeen's shields, allowing the Harkonnens and Sardaukar to invade. He incapacitates Leto, planning to exchange him for his wife, who is the Baron's prisoner. Yueh replaces one of Leto's teeth with a poison gas capsule with which the Duke can assassinate the Baron. Leto releases the gas, killing himself and the Baron's Mentat, Piter De Vries, but the Baron survives. Though the Baron has arranged to have Paul and Jessica dropped deep in the desert to die, a compassionate Yueh has left them with stillsuits and other survival supplies. Jessica uses a Bene Gesserit technique called " the Voice" to overpower and kill their captors. Paul and Jessica journey overnight in the desert where Paul, surrounded by spice, has visions of a bloody "holy war" fought across the universe in his name.

Over 1000 looks for Arrakis, Caladan, and Giedi Prime were designed by the team for the film. [84] The costume design for the film was done by Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan. Villeneuve told West that he wanted the costumes to be "grounded" in history, and wanted them to avoid conventional futuristic views used in science fiction films, and put emphasis of giving a "philosophical" atmosphere to the film. [85] [86] West performed "psychological studies of the characters and digging into the past for symbolic analogs to the various houses’ identities", which aided her in creating the costumes. Her design was inspired primarily by the Middle Ages, saying "I would go to the medieval world and imagine what it would look like in the future", and used the term "mod-eval" to describe her approach to designing the costumes. She found similarities between the Fremen and the French Resistance and called the Sardaukar the " Nazis of this universe", and took inspiration from various painters, including Giotto, Francisco Goya, and Caravaggio, and British art historian John Berger. She also took cues from the fashion of Balenciaga, and the Bedouin and Tuareg people. [85] [84] Campbell, Maude (February 15, 2019). "Everything We Know So Far About Denis Villeneuve's Dune". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019 . Retrieved February 15, 2019.Latchem, John (February 12, 2022). " 'Dune' Tops Disc Sales for January". Media Play News. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022 . Retrieved April 1, 2022. Burlingame, Jon (September 15, 2020). "Dark Side of the 'Dune': How the Movie's Trailer Landed That Pink Floyd Cover". Variety. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020 . Retrieved May 11, 2022. a b Desowitz, Bill (November 5, 2021). " 'Dune': How Denis Villeneuve's VFX Team Created Desert Power for the Sandworms and Ornithopters". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021 . Retrieved April 17, 2022.