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Warner Bros. went big today with their debut of the new trailer for Dune: Part Three with an international event simulcast at IMAX theaters, which included a live Q&A with director Denis Villeneuve and star Timothee Chalamet from the Los Angeles location. <\/p>\n
Along with the debut of the trailer, an extended sequence from the movie was also shown to the fans in attendance. That footage was, essentially, the same that was first shown at CinemaCon in April, though now presented in full IMAX (Villeneuve noted in his intro that it was shot in IMAX 70mm). Having seen the sequence at both events, I can say it was impressive at both but packed even more of a punch in IMAX. <\/p>\n
In his intro, Villeneuve explained that this portion of the film was one in which we see the consequences of Paul\u2019s decisions in Dune: Part Two. It’s an incredibly gripping and visually striking sequence that feels like something out of an intense World War II movie, as we hone in on one ship among a large group of drop ships filled with soldiers heading towards the surface of a planet. To reach the planet\u2019s surface, they must pass through a huge storm, which includes massive lightning bolts, one of which hits and blows up one of the other ships. <\/p>\n
Onboard the drop ship that is our focus, a familiar face is found among the soldiers in the form of Stilgar (Javier Bardem), as one soldier speaks in amazement about them going to a planet where water falls from the sky. The soldiers all look nervous as they make small talk or hold onto mementos, before one of the commanders gives them a pep talk. <\/p>\n
On the surface, they and the men onboard the other ships arrive in the pouring rain, only for a gun to rise out of the surface and fire at them with intense, gatling gun-type firepower (albeit looking like red laser beams) before the gun goes back into the ground. Except then, an entire tower rises out of the ground, covered in more guns that bombard the soldiers, killing many and blowing up some of the ships they just exited. <\/p>\n
As the men run behind one of their ships for cover, even amongst the onslaught of firepower, one man still looks up in awe again at all of the falling rain. An attempt by Stilgar\u2019s men to use one of their own powerful weapons to get through one of the towers\u2019 shields fails, with their shots only deflecting back, and bringing even more unrelenting shots down upon them. Finally, one of the soldiers runs away in panic, only to be killed as he flees. <\/p>\n
The footage then turns into a montage – essentially a shorter version of the new trailer, with a few alternate moments.<\/p>\n
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