12-27-2020, 09:15 AM
Dune Director Still Hoping For Exclusive Theatrical Release
<p>With Warner Bros releasing its tentpole features next year in a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-changes-movie-going-as-we-know-it-with-2021-hbo-max-release-plans/1100-6485114/">hybrid release of limited theatrical and streaming on HBO Max</a>, it looks like Dune might be getting only a theatrical run instead. Earlier in December, Dune director Denis Villeneuve published an essay airing his anger and disappointment with the studio and how they have "<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dune-director-slams-warner-bros-over-hbo-max-release/1100-6485427/">no love for cinema or the audiences</a>."</p><p>However, Dune could be saved due to the "franchise potential" of the feature film and the internal warring within Legendary as <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-little-things-john-lee-hancock-30-year-odyssey-denzel-washington-rami-malek-jared-leto-hbo-max-controversy-1234660476/">Deadline</a> is reporting that Villeneuve could get his wish after all.</p><p>"There is a big fight that might result in lawsuits after it financed 75% of tentpoles Dune and Godzilla Vs. Kong and was completely blindsided. Rumors have the solution to that breach being to preserve Dune as a traditional theatrical to preserve its franchise potential," the report read.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dune-director-still-hoping-for-exclusive-theatrical-release/1100-6485767/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>With Warner Bros releasing its tentpole features next year in a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-changes-movie-going-as-we-know-it-with-2021-hbo-max-release-plans/1100-6485114/">hybrid release of limited theatrical and streaming on HBO Max</a>, it looks like Dune might be getting only a theatrical run instead. Earlier in December, Dune director Denis Villeneuve published an essay airing his anger and disappointment with the studio and how they have "<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dune-director-slams-warner-bros-over-hbo-max-release/1100-6485427/">no love for cinema or the audiences</a>."</p><p>However, Dune could be saved due to the "franchise potential" of the feature film and the internal warring within Legendary as <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-little-things-john-lee-hancock-30-year-odyssey-denzel-washington-rami-malek-jared-leto-hbo-max-controversy-1234660476/">Deadline</a> is reporting that Villeneuve could get his wish after all.</p><p>"There is a big fight that might result in lawsuits after it financed 75% of tentpoles Dune and Godzilla Vs. Kong and was completely blindsided. Rumors have the solution to that breach being to preserve Dune as a traditional theatrical to preserve its franchise potential," the report read.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dune-director-still-hoping-for-exclusive-theatrical-release/1100-6485767/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dune-d...01-10abi2f