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Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited vision for Arrakis finally gets its full trailer, and it’s every bit as massive as fans hoped.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures dropped the official main trailer for “Dune” on July 22, 2021, giving the clearest look yet at Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. The footage follows Paul Atreides as House Atreides relocates to the desert planet Arrakis to control production of the spice melange, only to run into betrayal from House Harkonnen. Villeneuve, the Oscar-nominated director behind “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049,” built the trailer around sweeping desert photography, ornithopter flight sequences, and the first extended glimpses of the planet’s towering sandworms.

• The trailer sets up House Atreides’ move to Arrakis to seize control of spice production from House Harkonnen, sparking the conflict at the center of the film.
• The ensemble includes Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Zendaya as Chani, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, and Javier Bardem as Stilgar.
• “Dune” opens October 22, 2021, in theaters, 3D, and IMAX, streaming day-and-date on HBO Max’s ad-free tier for 31 days.

The Journey to Arrakis

The trailer’s central thread is Paul Atreides’ passage from heir apparent to a young man confronting a destiny he doesn’t fully understand. Chalamet’s Paul travels with his father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), as House Atreides takes over spice operations on Arrakis — the only planet in the universe where melange exists. Spice isn’t just a commodity in this world; it powers interstellar travel and expands human cognition, which is exactly why House Harkonnen, the planet’s former overseers, isn’t willing to let it go quietly.

Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica gets some of the trailer’s most striking moments as a member of the Bene Gesserit, the order whose members wield the “Voice” — a form of mind control demonstrated in several tense exchanges. Those sequences sit alongside hand-to-hand combat shielded by personal energy fields, giving the trailer a rhythm that alternates between political intrigue and physical spectacle.

An Ensemble Built for Scale

Villeneuve assembled a cast deep enough to carry a story this sprawling. Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho and Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck serve as the Atreides household’s fiercest protectors, while Stellan Skarsgård’s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen looms as the film’s central threat. Javier Bardem’s Stilgar represents the Fremen, Arrakis’s native desert people, and Zendaya’s Chani appears in brief but pointed glimpses that hint at her larger role as the story unfolds.

The trailer’s tone owes as much to its score as its visuals. Hans Zimmer’s original composition, including a haunting cover of Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse,” gives the footage a weight that matches its scale — bagpipes, low drones, and percussion building under shots of ornithopters skimming over dunes and sandworms breaching the sand like submarines.

Only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Release Plans and Ratings

Warner Bros. confirmed alongside the trailer that “Dune” will hit theaters, 3D screens, and IMAX on October 22, 2021, while streaming simultaneously on HBO Max’s ad-free tier in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos for English-language viewers, available for 31 days from the theatrical release. The film carries a PG-13 rating for sequences of strong violence, disturbing images, and suggestive material — a rating that lines up with the trailer’s darker turns, including shots of combat and the sandworms’ scale dwarfing the human characters onscreen.

Villeneuve wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, adapting only the first half of Herbert’s novel for this installment — a structural choice the studio has been upfront about since the project’s announcement. Fans curious about how other genre franchises have handled similar source-heavy adaptations can find a comparable trailer breakdown in the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power title announcement.

Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho barely gets a full minute of screen time in this trailer, but it’s enough to remind everyone why Legendary cast him in the first place — readers who want more on his recent run of headlines can check out the transformation of Jason Momoa from childhood to 42. October 22 is now the date circled on every “Dune” fan’s calendar, and with a day-and-date HBO Max release locked in, the studio isn’t leaving much room for the usual theatrical-exclusivity drama that’s dogged other 2021 blockbusters.