Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ to premiere at Venice Film Festival

The movie will be screened out-of-competition at the 78th edition of the prestigious film extravaganza, which will run from September 1 to 11 this year

Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated feature film “Dune” will have its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. The Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures epic, based on Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction best-seller, will premiere on September 3, at Venice’s Sala Grande, the festival organisers said in a statement. The movie will be screened out-of-competition at the 78th edition of the prestigious film extravaganza, which will run from September 1 to 11 this year.