Following in the footsteps of Barbenheimer and the less successful Glicked, December 18 marks the arrival of Dunesday to global theaters, with both Dune: Part Three andAvengers: Doomsday debuting worldwide. Thanks to its exclusive three-week hold on all U.S. IMAX screens, Dune: Part Three has already won the first battle between the pair, significantly outselling its release date rival in IMAX tickets. However, it remains to be seen who will emerge victorious at the box office, with history favoring the MCU.
One thing that is for certain is that December 18 and the surrounding weeks will be packed with marketing and merchandise from both movies, as the world immerses itself once more into two of the very best modern cinematic franchises. In particular, it has now been announced that Dune: Part Three, much like its two predecessors, will be joined by a companion book from Legendary Publishing that you can’t afford to miss.
Scheduled for release on December 22 and available to pre-order via this link, this deluxe art book is packed with behind-the-scenes photography and early and final concept art for the film, offering an “immersive visual archive that captures the scale, craft, and creative ambition behind the saga’s final chapter.” The book is written by Stefanie Broos with Tanya Lapointe, who share their experiences working with director Denis Villeneuve as producers on the trilogy. For those who love the trilogy, Frank Herbert‘s original Dune novels, or both, this is a must-have purchase alongside your IMAX ticket for December 18.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
Who Stars in ‘Dune: Part Three’?
As the epic conclusion to the best sci-fi trilogy of this decade, you best believe a starry cast has been aligned for Dune: Part Three. Returning faces Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem,Charlotte Rampling, and more will be joined by new arrivals including Robert Pattinson and Isaach de Bankolé in one of the year’s most impressive lineups. The recent showcase of the first seven minutes of the movie to lucky attendees at CinemaCon garnered a hugely positive response, as the high bar set by Parts 1 and 2 looks ready to be met.
Dune: Part Three will be joined by a companion deluxe art book, available to pre-order via this link and wherever books are sold, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates from the biggest movies.
