Dune Production Costs Comparable to Blade Runner 2049
According to the latest reports, the budget of Denis Villeneuve's Dune will be comparable to that of Blade Runner 2049, his previous science fiction movie.
Denis Villeneuve's Dune promises to be a great show, whose creation, as one could guess, had to involve high production costs. According to the latest news, the budget of the work by the directo of Arrival and Sicariowas about 165 million dollars. This is similar to the amount spent on the production of Blade Runner 2049 ($150-185 million). Both films were shot using a mix of practical special effects and CGI. Of course, the figures do not include marketing costs, which usually exceed the production budget.
Despite employing a pleiad of stars (the cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista and Javier Bardem) Dune's budget did not exceed the magic barrier of 200 million dollars. What's more, it didn't even get close to it, because it was closer to 150 million. However, this definitely isn't a cheap movie, but given its scope, it wasn't an excessive cost either. Warner Bros. certainly took into the financial failure of Blade Runner 2049 when setting the spending limit. Some money was certainly saved thanks to the fact that only the first half of the book material was used in Dune . During the pandemic period, there may be some problems with breaking given, let alone making some money - it all depends on what the situation will be like around the film's premiere. Unfortunately, this may have a negative impact on the possible sequel.
The premiere date of Dune was delayed to October 1, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The movie is to be released in cinemas and on HBO Max on the same day, but which may not happen. WarnerMedia's decision about hybrid distribution model annoyed representatives of Legendary Entertainment. What's more, it turned out that it wasn't consulted at all with Dune's aforementioned producer, who was responsible, together with his business partners, for 75% of the movie's budget. However, there is still a lot of time left before the possible debut on HBO Max to reach an agreement between the two companies.
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- “I was crying with laughter.” Christian Bale called “one of his tops” the 28-year-old film, which has only 16% on Rotten Tomatoes
- “Sort of asinine, sort of cliched, sort of unnecessary.” Morgan Freeman refused to film The Shawshank Redemption scene he described as “overkill”
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- “How could you do something so fun and be so miserable.” Tom Hardy hated making this movie and has no intention of starring in a similar one