Oscar nominee Villeneuve’s adaptation ofis a tale of warring families, inhospitable landscapes and giant creatures. It splits the complex tome in the middle, focusing the action in this first half on establishing the dense lore — and specifically on the young Paul Atreides , son of a ruling house whose fate the series tracks. Billed as Part One , it concludes withSuch is the case for the film’s rollout.
and with Warners/Legendary pulling out the stops to bring talent to Italy and France, it would have been folly to wait another several weeks to get the movie into theaters and not use that global media attention as a springboard.No Time To Die