Legendary and Warner Bros. announced new theatrical release plans for two of their high profile films.
In a relatively minor shift, filmmaker Denis Villenueve’s Dune: Part Two is being pushed back less than a month from Oct. 20 to Nov. 17, 2023. That means the sequel will have the advantage of playing over the Thanksgiving holidays.
And Adam Wingard’s next installment in the Godzilla/Kong franchise will hit theaters on March 15, 2024.
Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong, released in March 2021, earned $468.2 million globally. It was a strong showing for a title released in amid the pandemic and which hit HBO Max day-and-date as part of Warners’ plan to send all of its 2021 titles to theaters and streaming simultaneously.
And Villeneuve’s Dune also did nicely considering the COVID-19 crisis (it was likewise released in 2021). The sci-pic grossed north $400 million globally.
The previously-announced Dune sequel will star Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Austin
Butler, Christopher Walken and Javier Bardem. Producers are Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve and Tanya LaPointe
Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing the untitled Godzilla-Kong movie.
Source: HollyWood
