“It’s a trailer launch? It looks like a premiere,” Denis Villeneuve joked after introducing the stars of “Dune Part Three” to an AMC theater full of journalists, film critics, bloggers and creators in Los Angeles on the Monday after the Oscars.
Returning “Dune” stars Zendaya and Javier Bardem, as well as franchise newbies Anya Taylor-Joy (her cameo in “Part Two” notwithstanding) and Robert Pattinson, joined Villeneuve to preview the epic conclusion to his sci-fi film trilogy.
“I’m so excited,” Zendaya, who plays Fremen warrior Chani, said after confirming she’d already seen the footage that was about to roll on screen. “These movies…