While Dune: Part 2 continues to be a hit in theaters, Dennis Villeneuve’s film has just made a notable appearance on piracy sites. Surprising, when we know that the VOD release will not take place until June 2024. But where do these high quality copies of the feature film with Timothée Chalamet come from?
Dune: Part 2 is undoubtedly one of the biggest box office hits at the start of 2024. The figures speak for themselves: in France, Denis Villeneuve’s feature film attracted more than 4 million viewers. spectators. Since its release in February 2024, the second chapter of Dune has raised more than $233 million, and this only on American soil. From a global perspective, the film has now exceeded 600 million dollars.
You will have understood, the continuation of the adventures of Paul Atreïdes (Timothée Chalamet) on the desert planet Arrakis is a great success. Of course, the film’s career does not intend to stop in theaters. Its release on DVD/Blu-Ray and on SVOD platformsscheduled for the end of June 2024 in France (the end of April in the United States), should allow it to scrounge up a few million extra dollars.
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Dune: Part 2 is already available on piracy sites
Well, that was without counting its surprise appearance on several download sites illegal. As our colleagues at Torrent Freak report, high quality copies of the film have just been shared on several pirate platforms. Versions are labeled WEB-DLwhich indicates the file was downloaded from an online source (usually an official streaming platform or SVOD service) still unknown at the time of writing.
This version, available in 1080p, mentions an intriguing information in the file name: Dune.Part.Two.2024.1080p.WEB-DL.H264.AAC2.0-InMemoryOfEVO. The most attentive among you will have noticed this mention at the very end: InMemoryOfEVO. For newbies, the pirate group EVO has built a serious reputation over the past twenty years. The collective was behind the leak of several hundred films (generally screeners, i.e. versions filmed in theaters, but also high quality copies). We owe him in particular the leak of the Blu-Ray version of Spider-Man No Way Home weeks before its official release, but also that of Dune: Part 1.
In 2022, the EVO group was dismantled by the Portuguese police following a long-term investigation, facilitated in particular by extensive information provided by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.
Source: Torrent Freak