#Dune Will Premiere Slightly Earlier On HBO Max

After over a year of pandemic uncertainty, the final release date for “Dune” has ultimately been locked in for this upcoming Friday, October 22, 2021. Of course, many theaters have abided by the tradition of providing showtimes on the evening before the official release date, especially for big event films of similar scope and scale. This has given theatergoing audiences a very slight head start when it comes to the latest Warner Bros. films, as the same films have not typically been made available on HBO Max until midnight. According to Collider, however, “Dune” will be streaming on HBO Max a handful of hours earlier than expected — on the evening of October 21, at 3 P.M. PDT/6 P.M. EST.

Of course, the rest of the world is standing around and laughing at us as “Dune” has already been available in oversea markets for quite some time now. In fact, the blockbuster has already accumulated over $100 million at the box office, buoying hopes that Villeneuve’s initial reaction to the multi-platform release of “Dune” was overstated and that a sequel to Part 1 could very well be in the offing. It remains to be seen how well “Dune” performs domestically between both theaters and online, but it’s appearing increasingly likely that we won’t have seen the last of Paul Atreides and his family’s fight for survival on the desert planet of Arrakis.