Despite having a mid-October 2023 release date all to itself, Warner Bros. has staked a claim to Thanksgiving 2023 with Dune: Part 2.The studio shifted the highly-anticipated sequel from October 20, 2023 — which is only occupied by a 20th Century Studios placeholder project — to November 17, 2023, according to Deadline.The move puts the second half of this massive adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal novel against three high-profile projects, the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday.
New release:Despite having a mid-October 2023 release date all to itself, Warner Bros. has staked a claim to Thanksgiving 2023 with Dune: Part 2; Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in Dune Studio:The studio shifted the highly-anticipated sequel from October 20, 2023 — which is only occupied by a 20th Century Studios placeholder project — to November 17, 2023, according to DeadlineThe movie will now go up against Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, Universal Pictures' Trolls 3 and Paramount's Imaginary Friends starring John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds.The mid-November release date was typically one Warner Bros.
had reserved for their Fantastic Beasts franchise. The most recent film — The Secrets of Dumbledore — was originally slated for release on November 12, 2021, though the studio pushed it several months to April 2022, after replacing Johnny Depp with Mads Mikkelsen.
Reserved:The mid-November release date was typically one Warner Bros. had reserved for their Fantastic Beasts franchiseProduction will get under way this fall in Budapest on Dune: Part 2, with a number of the Dune stars returning.Timothee Chalamet (Paul Atreides), Zendaya (Chani), Rebecca Ferguson (Lady Rebecca), Josh Brolin (Gurney.
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