Impact Of Strike Action, Dune Film: Part 2 Delay Release Until 2024

Timothee Chalamet - Zendaya (Warner Bros.)

JAKARTA - Warner Bros. production house. postponed a number of film releases amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. Their content film this year will be postponed for release until 2024.

The continuation of the story of Paul Atreides, played by Timotwas Chalamet, will be present on March 15, 2024. Previously, they scheduled the broadcast on November 3, 2023. Promotions have also been carried out starting from releasing several stills to the official trailer.

Because the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, actors are not allowed to appear in the media. This means that the big actors and actresses in this film will not promote this film if the film is released according to the initial date.

Besides Chalamet, the film also stars Zendaya, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux and others.

Dune: Part Two, which was supposed to be airing in San Diego: Comic-Con, was also canceled due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

It didn't stop until Dune, a number of films under the production of Warner Bros. were also reportedly delayed from its broadcast schedule.

The film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will air on April 12, 2024, while the animated film Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be December 14, 2024.

The Variety report mentions several Warner Bros. films. such as The Color Purple and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom also have the potential to be postponed. But until now they are trying to maintain the release date for December this year.

On the other hand, Dune: Part 2 is not the only Zendaya film that has been postponed. The film Challengers, which he starred in with Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor, was also postponed until next year even though promotions had been carried out.

Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides traveling with Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac). He was asked to lead Atreides residents on Planet Arrakis who have dangerous deserts.

Airing in 2021, Dune film managed to score a box office during its broadcast and received a positive response from the public.