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Will anyone show up for Dune?

posted 5 years ago by bozo_500 (12230)
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Will anyone show up for Dune? It could play like Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, which earned years of frothing anticipation from movie nerds and Film Twitter folk only to play to comparatively empty auditoriums when general audiences didn't care about an R-rated, 2.75-hour, action-lite sequel to a cult sci-fi classic that flopped 35 years prior. David Lynch's previous Dune earned just $31 million domestic on a $40 million budget in 1984. I don't know how much this Dune cost, but it'll make a difference if the film cost closer to Mortal Engines ($100 million, but with no stars) than Blade Runner 2049 ($155 million).

Dune may also struggle with "John Carter Syndrome," whereby an adaptation of a groundbreaking work of sci-fi literature looks and feels derivative to general audiences thanks to decades of popular sci-fi flicks that essentially ripped it off after-the-fact.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/08/06/dune-star-wars-avatar-lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-aquaman-eternals-twilight-hunger-games-warner-bros-box-office/

it will either be slightly better than BR2049 and the John Carter/Valerian etc late to their own party type SF films - 300m ww

Or

1.2b ww

[–] thingmaker (32) 4 years ago

You worry me... Cuz I can't help but agree with your gloomy forecast. But, I am still hopeful. This is the first movie in years that I will actually see at the theater. I can't quite recall if I've been in a theater since Star Trek 2009. It may be that long...

[–] Jones70 (6195) 4 years ago

Yeah that is a really long time, I’m not sure if I’ve ever gone longer than 3 months.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16190) 4 years ago

That's probably why the casting includes popular actors like Zendaya or Jason Momoa (not my first picks for Chari or Duncan).

[–] papamihel (1578) 4 years ago

Zendaya wouldn't be my first pick for anything.
Momoa at least can deliver Idaho's charm.

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 4 years ago

Neither one of those is a good choice.

[–] bozo_500 (12230) 4 years ago

more pessimistic analysis from the Forbes dude
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/04/14/dune-box-office-bomb-john-carter-syndrome-star-wars-game-of-thrones/

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Realistic

[–] kenburke (2280) 4 years ago

I'll see it. I always have given the phrase "glutton for punishment" new meaning.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Corona killed cinema. But I'm sure it'll pop up on Netflix or wherever.

[–] bozo_500 (12230) 4 years ago

Maybe

[–] enriquesingh (1772) 4 years ago

Since it's WB it will most likely go to HBOMax than Netflix.

[–] modica (4169) 4 years ago

I want to see it, but I'm not going to any theater for a long time.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

I'll not be setting foot in a cinema for quite a while. If I do feel like doing so by the time this is released, I'll only go and see it if it is well-reviewed. I love the book but am not at all confident in this adaptation. I admired Blade Runner 2049 very much - it really took my by surprise - but I still struggle to see Villeneuve making this difficult text work on screen, and some of the casting doesn't exactly thrill me.

[–] bozo_500 (12230) 4 years ago

after viewing the dull trailer im guessing this is gonna bomb so bad - and with covid still about it'll do worse than BR2049 - like 200m ww if its lucky

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Let's hope so. I like arrival and sicario but wtf was BR2049 but an uneccesary failed cash grab

[–] bozo_500 (12230) 4 years ago

I thought it was incredible at the time in 2017..however, I've had the blu on the shelf about 3 years now and just can not bring myself to watch it.. mainly I don't want to spoil that feeling of going to see 'Blade Runner 2' at the cinema that October and how unlikely the concept of a BR2 even was and how mind blowing a thing that was, the thrill of it, the visuals on the big screen etc, .,but also I fear if I watch it again I might not like it much (that feeling that because it wasn't bad like alot of long belated sequels it made me think it was more awesome than it was) so there the blu rests on the shelf.. destined to remain unopened.. like book once read.. but never again..

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Compare that with the joy of watching Blade Runner (1982). Now there's a movie I watched a dozen times through the years. The November 2019 IMAX screening was a great conclusion.
I don't see magic like that happening with BR2049 ever.