Dune: Part One may have finally premiered across all planned territories, including Australia and New Zealand (on December 2nd), however the news doesn’t stop there. The crew of Dune Talk returns—following their movie review sub-series—to discuss all the developments last week, whether it’s awards nominations for the film itself, long-awaited update on the survival video game from Funcom, or Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas, a comic book one-shot coming out this month.
Also, what makes Dune so different when compared to other famous science-fiction sagas, such as Star Wars? Garin, Johnny, Marcus, and Simon have some thoughts, as they look ahead to the huge potential of Frank Herbert’s generations-spanning stories for future adaptations to the big screen, TV, and other media formats.
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Dune Talk: Episode 24 – An Expanding Universe
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Show Notes
News stories covered in the ‘Dune Movie News’ and ‘Duniverse’ segments of this show:
- Finally, the movie has premiered in both Australia and New Zealand, with a $3.4M first weekend premiere in the former. The global box office for Dune: Part One has marched past the $380M mark and could potentially still reach $400M, before its theatrical run is over.
- The Hollywood Critics Association have announced lineups for their January 2022 event. Dune received 10 HCA Film Awards nominations, the most of any movie this year, including Best Picture and Best Director, for Denis Villeneuve.
- Funcom is partnering with Nukklear, a Germany-based studio, on their as-yet-untitled Dune open-world video game. While few details are known at this stage—other than this being in the survival genre, in the vein of Conan Exiles—the announcement indicates ambitions, from both co-developers, for this game to have an “expanded scope”.
- Preview pages have been revealed for Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas, the second comic book one-shot from BOOM! Studios, based on a short story of the same name. Like the earlier Dune: Blood of the Sardaukar this tale will take place during the assault on Arrakeen, however this time the soldiers of House Atreides—and their homeworld—take the spotlight.
On this episode:
- Marcus Gabriel | @DuneNewsNet
- Simon Daoudi | @sdaoudi
- Garin Granata | @DuneCompanion
- Johnny Sobczak | @JohnnySobczak
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Special thanks goes out to Ashton GIeckman for music and Sheldon Lee for voice overs.
