What to Watch in October: 22 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

Movie debuts October 22 on HBO Max

Can director Denis Villeneuve succeed where David Lynch could not? The director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival returns with his big-budget, highly-anticipated, and long-delayed (by covid) adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic, which Lynch previously tried to wrestle into a feature film in 1984 to less than spectacular (though not uninteresting) results. Timothée Chalamet takes over the role of Paul Atreides originated by Kyle MacLachlan, while Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa and Stellan Skarsgård also star. After receiving very positive reviews from its festival debut, Dune has already opened in some theaters around the world, grossing nearly $77 million so far (impressive, given the small-ish number of countries it has played). In a few weeks, American audiences will finally get their first look as the film streams on HBO Max for one month in conjunction with a theatrical release. Warner Bros. has yet to officially greenlight a sequel—which could lead to disappointment, given that the film is structured like the first half of a two-part story—but it has ordered a spinoff TV series called Dune: The Sisterhood which will also head to HBO Max in the next year or two.