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# The trailer for Dune Part 2 teases an approaching war
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-part-2-trailer-watch/
- Published: 2023-05-03T16:19:21.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-03T16:22:55.000Z
- Description: Is it November yet?
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Dune, Trailers, Science Fiction, News

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for its upcoming sequel to Denis Villeneuve's *Dune*. (Except, don't call it a sequel, it's the second part of the first movie.) I'm excited for this: [I ](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-movie-review/)[lo](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-movie-review/)ved the first installment when it was released in 2021, and from the looks of this first teaser, we're in for another good film. 

Take a look: 

Villeneuve's adaptation was the third big one for Frank Herbert's epic novel: David Lynch adapted it in 1984 in a version that didn't quite live up to expectations (but which has gained a cult following), while the SCI FI Channel put together its own miniseries adaptation in 2000, with a sequel adaptation of *Dune Messiah* and *Children of Dune* following in 2003, which also received lukewarm accolades. 

It's a hard book to crack: Herbert stuffed a lot of material into his original novel, from planetary ecology to the toll of oppressive occupations, cults of personalities, what impact power has on people, and quite a bit more. Villeneuve really understood the story, and got a budget to really bring the world to life in a marvelous way. *Vanity Fair* [recently put together a big, behind-the-scenes piece](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/04/dune-part-two-exclusive-first-look?ref=andrewliptak.com) about the film as a curtain-raiser, and it's worth a read. 

From the onset, his adaptation was always designed as a two-parter, which actually follows the book quite neatly. The first half is all about Paul Atreides arriving on the desert planet Arrakis and having his family killed in a galactic power struggle. If *Dune Part 1* is all about him finding his role in this larger conflict, *Dune Part 2* is him assuming the mantle of leadership and leading the indigenous Fremen in a fight against their oppressors, House Harkonnen. 

In that way, *Dune* is really an excellent novel about power and warfare, and if Villeneuve's track record holds, we should be in for an exciting film. 

[Dune is a war epicFrank Herbert’s Dune has been adapted a handful of times, but I think this new adaptation captures a key part of the story that the others haven’t: it’s a story about war.![](https://www.andrewliptak.com/favicon.ico)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-22-at-10.09.00-PM.png)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-movie-trailer-war-epic-frank-herbert/)

*Dune: Part 2* is set to hit theaters on November 3rd.