Despite the fact that director Denis Villeneuve and production company Legendary Entertainment have both expressed concern about Warner Bros' plan to release the Frank Herbert adaptation Dune to the HBO Max streaming service on the same day it reaches theatres (that day being October 22nd), the studio is still moving forward with their release strategy – as you can see on the batch of character posters that have arrived online today.
The posters are included below and feature close-up shots of Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, "a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding"; 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; and Zendaya as Chani, "a mystery woman who haunts Paul in his dreams".
In the film, Paul
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.
Also in the cast are Dave Bautista as Harkonnen's brutish nephew Glossu Rabban, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as ecologist Doctor Liet Kynes, Charlotte Rampling as the emperor's truthsayer Reverend Mother Mohiam, David Dastmalchian as the twisted Piter De Vries, Chang Chen as Atreides family physician Dr. Yueh, and Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, Master of Assassins for House Atreides.
Mary Parent and Cale Boyter produced Dune with Villeneuve, who directed from a screenplay he wrote with with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts. Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Thomas Tull, and Kim Herbert served as executive producers. Kevin J. Anderson was the creative consultant.