{"id":161331,"date":"2021-11-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=161331"},"modified":"2021-11-08T11:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:42:49","slug":"dune-sequel-may-save-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/dune-sequel-may-save-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"The Box Office Divide: How a “Dune” Sequel May Save Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let’s explore what this Dune<\/em> sequel will need to do to give cinema a second chance, and a new life, in our hybrid streaming\/theatrical future.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Make no mistake, we’re at a critical time in cinema history. Never has the shared and sacred theatrical experience been more in peril. On the cusps of a rising streaming behemoth, and still in the grips of a pandemic<\/a>, cinemas are battling for their ultimate survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, while many films and filmmakers have already been extinguished (like Christopher Nolan<\/a> and his valiant but ultimately commercially futile blockbuster Tenet<\/em><\/a>), there’s one movie left which might cinematically save us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That movie is Dune<\/a><\/em>, which quite fittingly is about a messiah character who emerges from the dusty wastelands of a desert planet. With the recent news that Dune<\/em> had done enough to prove to studio execs that it deserves a part two, this Dune<\/em> sequel is already shaping up to be perhaps the final battle for cinema’s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see how we got here . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Growing Box Office Divide<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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