I was thinking the other day that I actually wish that they would delay it. If it underperforms because of or with the help of COVID, it could mean that Part II doesn't get made. I'd rather wait and get two movies than get the first as soon as possible and possibly not get the second. Why not delay it until Summer? After all, there aren't going to be many big movies releasing then at this rate. There will be Top Gun: Maverick, I believe, but what else? I guess that No Time to Die could be delayed again, but signs seem to suggest that it won't be. Releasing Dune in a weak Summer should really help its box office performance as eople who ordinarily wouldn't have gone to see it might go just to see a "big" movie and those who ordinarily would've gone to it only once might go multiple times. I've waited 36 years for a good Dune movie. I can wait another 6 months if it increases the chances of getting an adaptation of the whole book.