Read up on the latest Dune news, reviews, and features from the ScreenAge Wasteland team.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, Dune is the first installment in Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy. Set in the distant future, the movie follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as his family, the aristocratic House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.

Dune was released on October 22, 2021, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The epic space opera movie earned $411 million at the worldwide box office. It was also met with positive reviews from critics and audiences.

Dune won five awards at the 3rd ScreenAge Wasteland Awards, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The movie has also appeared on the following “greatest” lists assembled by ScreenAge Wasteland:

• #36 on The 50 Best Movies of the 2020s So Far