It s been twelve years since Paul Maud dib Atreides s (Alec Newman Frank Herbert&s Dune) desert-dwelling Freman Jihad spread out across the universe to exterminate all that remained of the Old Imperial armies twelve years of war as all the known planets were colonized one-by-one under Maud dib s rule Out of this chaos the House Atreides has emerged as a superpower of Dune the arid planet Arrakis But its Imperial government is not omnipotent Its greatest enemy the fallen Baron Harkonnen (Ian Mc Neice A Christmas Carol) still strives to regain control of Dune its mysterious life force & everything it represents to the galactic order A far more insidious threat is poised & ready to strike within the treacherous House Atreides As Maud dib s secret enemies grow in number his only chance to protect the family s supreme reign is in his new twins born of his concubine Chani Soon the hope for Dune will be in the hands of his young son Leto (James Mc Avoy
- X Men First Class Filth Wanted) heir to a power unimaginable It will be Leto s responsibility to demystify the legacy of his father raze the old regime & restore peace to the Empire But the ultimate battle has yet to be waged & the children of Atreides the children of Dune will find themselves trapped in an unpredictable future of their family s own making As Frank Herbert s award-winning visionary masterpiece reinvented the mythology of fantasy fiction so does Dune Apocalypse reinvent the boundaries of fantasy film From high court intrigue to stupendous battles from theologicalecological speculations of the future to confrontations with the supreme intelligence of the universe This incredible science fiction has also been released under the title Children of Dune