2026 has been a year full of ups and downs for Rebecca Ferguson already. She got the ball rolling by starring opposite Chris Pratt in the polarizing AI sci-fi thriller, Mercy, which bombed at the box office. The film has since found redemption streaming on Prime Video as one of the platform’s most popular movies of the year. Ferguson’s latest fantasy movie, The Magic Faraway Tree, also debuted to a perfect 100% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, making it her first perfect movie in years. Sandwiched between the two projects was Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, the franchise-capping spin-off film co-starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan. Ferguson played a key role in helping bring the original Peaky Blinders show to a close, and she also hasn’t ruled out a return to the franchise in the future.
Ferguson has starred in plenty of projects in the last few years that have been both commercial and critical successes, but Dune (2021) stands as one of the most ambitious epics of her career. The film is the perfect blend of sci-fi and fantasy, containing elements of other sci-fi franchises like Star Wars and even fantasy trilogies like The Lord of the Rings. Not only did Dune: Part One earn scores of 83% from critics and 90% from audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film also grossed $410 million at the global box office against a $165 million budget. In America, Dune is currently streaming on HBO Max, which has been its primary home for the last few years, and it remains one of the most popular watches on streaming both on the platform and around the world on VOD.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
When Does ‘Dune: Part Three’ Come Out?
Dune: Part Three, which has been confirmed to be Denis Villeneuve’s final Dunemovie, will be released in theaters on December 18. The film will open on the same day as Avengers: Doomsday, marking the biggest side-by-side opening in movie theaters around the world since Barbie and Oppenheimer opened alongside each other in 2023. The biggest newcomer to the Dune: Part Three cast is Robert Pattinson, who has been cast as Scytale. Jason Momoa will also return to star as Hayt, a clone of Duncan Idaho, and Anya Taylor-Joy will step into a larger role as Alia Atreides. Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica will have only one scene.
Check out Dune on HBO Max and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Dune: Part Three.
