Dune: 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD release date, details announced

The first part of director Denis Villeneuve‘s two-part adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel Dune was released to theatres and the HBO Max streaming service back at the end of October, and now Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced that the film will reaching 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on January 11, 2022.

Dune: Part One will also be available for Premium Digital Ownership at home as of December 3rd.

Bonus features on the 4K UHD combo pack and Blu-ray will include:

– The Royal Houses

– Filmbooks: House Atreides

– Filmbooks: House Harkonnen

– Filmbooks: The Fremen

– Filmbooks: The Spice Melange

– Inside Dune: The Training Room

– Inside Dune: The Spice Harvester

– Inside Dune: The Sardaukar Battle

– Building the Ancient Future

– My Desert, My Dune

– Constructing the Ornithopters

– Designing the Sandworm

– Beware the Baron

– Wardrobe from Another World

– A New Soundscape

So if you love featurettes, this Dune release sounds like a party. “The Royal Houses” will be the only bonus feature on the DVD.

Scripted by Villeneuve, Eric Roth, and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part One stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, “a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding” who

must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence – a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential – only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Chalamet’s co-stars include Oscar Issac as Paul’s father Duke Leto Atreides; Rebecca Ferguson as Paul’s mother Lady Jessica; Josh Brolin as troubadour-swordsman Gurney Halleck; Jason Momoa as swordmaster Duncan Idaho; Javier Bardem as helpful tribe leader Stilgar; Stellan Skarsgård as the villainous Baron Harkonnen; Dave Bautista as the brutish “Beast” Rabban; David Dastmalchian as the twisted Piter De Vries; Sharon Duncan-Brewster as ecologist Doctor Liet Kynes; Charlotte Rampling as the emperor’s truthsayer Reverend Mother Mohiam; Chang Chen as physician Dr. Yueh; Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, Master of Assassins for House Atreides; and Zendaya as Chani, “a mystery woman who haunts Paul in his dreams”.

Dune: Part Two is scheduled to reach theatres on October 20, 2023.