We will have to wait a little longer to see ‘Dune 2’, as Warner has decided to delay its release. Until now it was scheduled to hit theaters on October 20, 2023 and now its new release date is November 17 of that same year. Of course, do not be surprised if its launch in theaters has to move again.
The reason for the doubts is that now ‘Dune 2’ opens the same weekend as two other powerful titles. On the one hand we have ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’, the long-awaited prequel to ‘The Hunger Games’, and on the other hand ‘Trolls 3’. In addition, both titles were already dated for that day before the film of Denis Villeneuve.
There, the one that has it easier is ‘Trolls 3’, since it is aimed at a different segment of the public, but ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ and ‘Dune 2’ could harm each other and It would be very rare if one of the two did not change the date.
Let’s also keep in mind that all the ‘Hunger Games’ movies grossed more than ‘Dune’ and Villeneuve had to suffer a bit until they gave the green light to the second installment. Of course, the simultaneous premiere on HBO Max in the United States somewhat affected it, but it is not a safe bet that it can happily face other massive productions…
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There are so many epic espionage films and TV shows on now or in the pipeline: just ask your “Old Man”! Coming soon is Joe and Anthony Russo’s The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans based upon Mark Greaney’s debut novel: it sounds like an epic movie. Already on TV or in cinemas are The Ipcress File with newcomer Joe Cole, Mick Herron’s Slow Horses from the Slough House stables, The Courier about Greville Wynne played by Benedict Cumberbatch who looks astonishingly just like Wynne did in real life, Colin Firth in Operation Mincemeat, Olen Steinhauer’s All the Old Knives and let’s not forget Kaley Cuoco in the Flight Attendant.
Indeed, ignoring the fact based Operation Mincemeat and The Courier, there’s almost too much fictional espionage on the menu to cope with so why not try reading instead. If you liked Deighton, Herron or Wynne, we suggest a noir fact based espionage masterpiece could do the trick. Two compelling thrillers spring to mind. They are both down to earth curious real life Cold War novels you’ll never put down.
Try Bill Fairclough’s Beyond Enkription in The Burlington Files series and Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and the Traitor about KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky.
Talking of Col Oleg, he knew MI6’s Col Mac (aka Col Alan Pemberton in real life) who was Edward Burlington’s handler in The Burlington Files. Bill Fairclough (aka Edward Burlington) came across John le Carré (aka David Cornwell) long after the latter’s MI6 career ended thanks to Kim Philby. The novelist Graham Greene used to work in MI6 reporting to Philby and Bill Fairclough actually stayed in Hôtel Oloffson during a covert op in Haiti which was at the heart of Graham Greene’s spy novel The Comedians.