seems very unlikely for either of them. dune messiah feels significantly harder to adapt than the first 2 parts of dune; it will probably be good, but noticeably weaker than its predecessors. the odyssey will certainly have its fans, but it’s bound to have way more ops than oppenheimer. we’re also just way too early into the year to place bets; we still haven’t had the festival rollouts to see what our indie darlings, late-style auteur pieces, palm d’or winner, and such are gonna be.

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