BrutalGamer Bringing you Brutally Honest feedback from today's entertainment industry.
The finale of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy is almost here. It’ll be opening early too, for those who want to check it out in IMAX.
Dune, on the biggest screen possible
The Dune series has been a standout at the cinemas since director Denis Villeneuve, Legendary Pictures, and Warner Bros. brought it back to fans in 2021. The series has proven that serious in tone, big budget sci-fi is still possible in the current market. To that point, both of the first two films did quite well at the box office. And that fact leads us into Dune: Part Three, launching this December.
Once again starring Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Dune: Part Three is scheduled for release on December 18th 2026. That’s in regard to the general release anyway, as the movie’s IMAX showings will kick off just a bit earlier. Just revealed is that fans will be able to catch the movie starting on December 15th in the format.
That’s just the general release though, as December 14th will bring it to “select IMAX 70MM film locations across the US and Canada”.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve and Brian K. Vaughan, Dune: Part Three is based on the novel Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert and delivers the epic conclusion to Villeneuve’s trilogy. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach De Bankolé, with Charlotte Rampling, with Anya Taylor-Joy, and Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem, and features newcomers Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke.
IMAX press release
Tickets are on sale right now for all IMAX showings of Dune: Part Three, including the above-mentioned early slots for those 70MM locations. Check them out here.
Shot for IMAX
While it’s pretty cool seeing any film in the massive IMAX format, Dune: Part Three should offer some extra oomph. That’s because, for the first time in the series, part of it was shot with IMAX Film Cameras. Or, maybe more accurately, several different types of IMAX cameras in general.
According to the company, both IMAX-certified digital cameras and IMAX Film Cameras were used. The latter are especially impressive, and look to provide “nearly 10x the resolution of conventional 35mm film and 3x the resolution of standard, 5-perf 65mm film cameras”.
Even more interesting, the Film Camera was cutting edge, called the IMAX Keighley Film Camera. Named after IMAX’s late Chief Quality Officer David Keighley, these cameras were developed “in close collaboration with renowned filmmakers and cinematographers”.
