Over the past decade,Denis Villeneuve has proven himself a science-fiction powerhouse. WithArrival, he made one of the most emotional and soulful sci-fi films of recent memory, and then he followed it up withBlade Runner 2049 – a visually-stunning, thought-provoking follow-up to one of the all-time-greats, that fully deserves to stand alongside Ridley Scott’s original. Now he’s tackling one of the boldest, barmiest, densest sci-fi tomes of all time – one that weaves an expansive mythology of desert planets, feuding families, and gigantic marauding sandworms. Get ready forDune.

The new issue ofEmpire is a major world-exclusive, going on set of Villeneuve’s ambitious adaptation, getting acquainted with the Atreides, and coming face-to-face with the Fremen. There are twoDune covers to collect – first up is House Atreides, one of the great noble houses of Landsraad. Up front isTimothée Chalamet’s young protagonist Paul Atreides, withOscar Isaac as his father Duke Leto,Rebecca Ferguson as the Bene Gesserit witch Lady Jessica, andJosh Brolin’s master-at-arms Gurney Halleck.

On the second cover, you’ll find the indigenous Fremen people of the planet Arrakis – includingJavier Bardem’s Stilgar, leader of one of the Fremen tribes, andZendaya’s tribe member Chani. Then there’sSharon Duncan-Brewster as Liet-Kynes (gender-swapped from the original novel) who has become embedded among the Fremen, andJason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho – whoisn’t a Fremen, but whose destiny may ultimately lie with them.

Pre-order theHouse Atreides cover online here, and pre-order the [Fremen cover online here](https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-october-2020-cover-2?utm_source= dynamic&utm_medium=bws&utm_content=dunescover2&utm_campaign=empire_singles). Alternatively,pre-order the bundle of both covers here with an extra discount.

This month’s subscriber cover, created exclusively forEmpire by Jane Yun and Enrique Torres at Bond, in collaboration with the filmmakers behindDune, is a terrifying glimpse at the colossal sandworms of Arrakis – with one threatening to swallow an oblivious Paul Atreides whole.

Stay tuned for moreDune exclusives coming soon, and find the issue on newsstands from Thursday 3 September.