Now that theaters are slowly reopening, studios are once again releasing trailers to hype up their scheduled releases for 2020 and beyond. Today, we finally got the first trailer for a new adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel `Dune.`

The story focuses on the desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune, which has become the key location in a galactic power struggle - it's the only source of the spice melange, necessary for both space travel and immortality. Paul Atreides (played here by Timothee Chalamet) comes to Dune as teenaged royalty, but palace intrigue soon threatens his life and turns him into an uncomfortable messiah figure to the planet's inhabitants, known as Fremen. (The trailer suggests that Paul's `jihad` in the books has become a `crusade` in the movie.)

This time around, `Dune` is being directed by Denis Villeneuve, who previously helmed `Arrival` and `Blade Runner 2049.` And it boasts an all-star cast - Chalamet is joined by Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem, among others.



Dune` is currently scheduled for release in theaters on December 18, 2020. Will that actually happen? Well, Christopher Nolan's `Tenet` (also from Warner Bros.) is the first blockbuster movie in theaters since the pandemic began, and it seems to be doing pretty well, particularly outside the United States.