Dune: Part Two might be delayed, but it's still going to be pretty long.
Despite rumors that the sequel would be a hefty 3 hours and 15 minutes long, Eirin, the official Japanese rating organization for film, says otherwise. According to the Eirin website (as screenshot and shared by a fan), the official runtime is 2 hours and 45 minutes. This is only 11 minutes longer than Dune: Part One.
Considering how dense Frank Herbert's book series is, with a total of 28 installments, keeping the runtime just under three hours is a pretty impressive feat. David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Dune was rumored to have a director's cut of over four hours. Though not officially confirmed, a third film in the modern series is most likely on the way, with director Denis Villeneuve updating fans that the script for Dune 3 is almost done.
The film was initially slated for an October 20, 2023 release, before being pushed back to November and finally settling on a March 2024 premiere due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA actors' strike.
