Villeneuve directed this 2021 adaptation of “Dune,” while Hans Zimmer composed the haunting soundtrack. The film is filled with soaring synths, angelic opera singing and a score that’s more ...

Dune, an American epic space opera, was written by Frank Herbert in 1965 and adapted by Canadian film director and ...

“Dune” was hailed by critics as the kind of successful film adaptation of the book that fans had been desperately waiting for. According to ABC News, the sequel “outdoes” the first film.

The thing is, Dune: Awakening 's multiplayer survival genre focus is going to be divisive. It makes sense, given the harsh environment of the iconic planet Arrakis, but there's so much to balance ...

The first novel, Dune, begins when Duke Leto Atreides of the ocean planet Caladan is assigned by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV—the ruler of the known universe—to relocate his family to the ...

But Dune has far more ozone in its lower atmosphere: 0.5 percent of the gases in the atmosphere compared to Earth’s 0.000001 percent. All that extra ozone is crucial for understanding the planet.

Dune's planet Arrakis has enormous sandworms, a drug known as spice that helps with interstellar travel, and two moons. Yet it's not totally dissimilar to Earth.

“Dune: Part II” is one of the year’s most highly anticipated films, and it picks up where the first film left off: with Paul Atreides escaping into the desert on the planet Arrakis. It’s a ...

The victory for “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” does not necessarily make the film a frontrunner in the Oscars’ visual-effects race. Over the 22 years of VES Awards, the winner went on ...

This year VFX noms “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked” were both best picture nominated, with five total nominations and 10 total noms, respectively. “Apes” only had the VFX category nom.