The Sands of Arrakis Get Grittier: Analyzing the First Teaser for 'Dune 3'

Warner Bros. just dropped the first teaser for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three (unofficially titled Dune: Messiah), and we’re moving away from the hero’s journey and straight into the "heavy is the head that wears the crown".

So what does it look like when the world you saved is collapsing around you?

And what else can we get from this teaser?

Let's dive in.


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Timothée Chalamet Is Not the Story of the Oscars

Timothée Chalamet, _Marty Supreme_ actor and Hollywood’s most widely publicized awards aspirant, is not the story of the Oscars. At least, he is not the _real_ story of the Oscars. But the institution made him the story anyway and we are all diminished for it.

At Sunday’s 98th Academy Awards, the Josh Safdie directed Marty Supreme lost every award it was nominated for — nine in total,…

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A New Grimy Golden Age for Hollywood A-Listers

It’s the Critics’ Choice Awards and Hollywood’s beloved prince and jester is dressed in a pinstripe Givenchy suit, grinning confidently at a wall of cameras, holding hands with his socialite girlfriend. Considered one of the most beautiful women alive, she’s dressed in a vintage Gianni Versace gown. They’re probably the newest, most famous celebrity couple on the planet, and yet this is among…

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Timothée Chalamet Just Took a Shot at Ballet and Opera

You probably don't expect an Oscar campaign to get derailed by ballet.

And yet...

In a clip from a Variety conversation with Matthew McConaughey, Timothée Chalamet said he'd hate to be in the position of hyping a dying art form—then, for some reason, brought up ballet and opera. "Hey! Keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore."

The Feb. 24 comments have gained…

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Matthew McConaughey Predicts AI Actors Will "Crash The Oscars"

_Interstellar_ co-stars Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet took the stage at the University of Texas at Austin for a special CNN and Variety Town Hall, where they discussed one of the most important areas of Hollywood's current change: AI.

The actors started with a conversation about craft, but the AI question thrust them into a rampage about what's happening right now and how the…

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EsDeeKid Brought the Heat to a Freezing Bowery and Bushwick

It was a weekend for bundling up in New York, with the city’s coldest readings in three years. But a different sort of heat was delivered courtesy of Liverpool. EsDeeKid, the young, perpetually masked rapper from the Merseyside projects, and one of the most remarkable breakout music stories of the past year, marked another high point in an astonishing rise: his first-ever Gotham…

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