Dune: 5 Reasons It Will Be A Massive Hit (And 5 Reasons It Will Flop)

10. It'll Hit: Audiences Want Something New

Marvel has no intention of slowing down its rapid-fire pace of releasing movies and television series. From now until 2023 alone Marvel will unleash 11 films and five Disney Plus television series and one holiday special. While Marvel still appears to be firing on all cylinders, superhero movies have dominated the box office for the last two decades and audiences are hungry for something new and exciting.

Dune will offer filmgoers the best that sci-fi cinema can offer: new planets, interstellar warfare, telepathic powers and startling alien monsters. Although audiences have seen all these things in various sci-fi properties throughout the years, the universe Frank Hebert created is wholly unique. Dune will provide the perfect antidote for movie fans tiring of the same old superhero dustups that have been the go-to blockbuster genre since the modern superhero era began back in 2000 with Bryan Singer's X-Men.

Warner Bros is banking on audiences digging this strange new world. Villeneuve has stated that Dune is the first part of a two part story and a sequel is already in the works while a new HBO Max series Dune: the Sisterhood will also offer an alternative to Marvel's glut of Disney Plus's superhero shows. Chances are, 2021 film-goers have never seen anything like Dune before on the big screen. If audiences get onboard, then a new era of heady sci-fi action might arise to challenge superheroes' blockbuster dominance.