News Roundup: Film Awards | Dune Survival Game | Comic One-shot

The Dune movie has now premiered across all planned territories—finally including Australia and New Zealand on December 2—however the news doesn't end there. On this week's show, Garin, Johnny, Marcus, and Simon return to discuss latest developments: HCA Film Awards, a long-awaited update on Funcom's open-world video game, and Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas, upcoming comic book one-shot.

What makes Dune different compared to other well-known science-fiction stories, like Star Wars for example? The crew share some quick thoughts, looking ahead to all of the potential of Frank Herbert’s enduring saga, as it's adapted into further movies, TV shows, and other media formats.

Segments:

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:01:05 - Dune Movie News: 

1. 0:01:11 - Box Office Updates
2. 0:12:11 - HCA Film Awards Nominations

• 0:33:50 - The Duniverse: Comics and Video Games

1. 0:25:54 - Dune Survival Game
2. 0:33:54 - A Whisper of Caladan Seas Comic

• 0:46:10 - What makes Dune unique?
• 0:54:15 - Outro

Dune news stories covered on this podcast episode:

1. Dune: Part One Premieres in Australia and New Zealand, Bringing Global Box Office Over $380M
2. Dune: Part One Receives 10 Nominations for HCA Film Awards
3. Funcom Teams up With Nukklear for Dune Open-World Video Game
4. Preview – Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas Comic

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This show's hosts:

• Marcus Gabriel | @DuneNewsNet
• Simon Daoudi | @sdaoudi
• Johnny Sobczak | @JohnnySobczak
• Garin Granata | @DuneCompanion

Do you have a question or suggestion for a future episode of Dune Talk? Tweet out to @DuneTalkShow, reply to our posts on Instagram, or email us at DuneTalkPod 'at' gmail 'dot' com.

Special thanks goes out to Ashton GIeckman for music and Sheldon Lee for voice overs.