Dune: Part Three opens with no shortage of firepower, as the CinemaCon crowd learned Tuesday.

Timothe Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and director Denis Villeneuve took the stage at the Las Vegas event to discuss the sequel. They then unveiled the first seven minutes from the highly anticipated film.

The footage featured Javier Bardem as Stilgar as he led his troops against a seemingly insurmountable enemy. The intense battle scenes featured an endless array of shots fired and plenty of fire. After those seven minutes, additional footage included Chalamets Paul Atreides confronting Zendayas Chani in a tense moment. Momoas character, who is a clone of his Duncan Idaho, is shown asking for redemption, while Anya Taylor-Joys Alia Atreides is seen with a bloody face.

In introducing the footage, Villeneuve called the film a thriller and teased, Its more intense and definitely more emotional.

Chalamet said of Paul, Hes become his worst vision, and the star teased his character becoming an all-powerful emperor of the dark universe.

Zendaya explained, The years dont seem to have been kind to anyone on Dune. Its been an ungentle and unkind few years. Theres so much left to fight for. She continued about Chani, That youthful outlook is completely gone.

Momoa acknowledged that his role in the film is much different from the last time viewers saw him, given that Duncan Idaho died in the first one, and Momoa is back as a clone: Im sent as a gift to Paul to see how he handles someone that he hasnt seen and see how he takes that.

Chalamet added, It was deeply moving to be on a sci-fi trilogy on the scale of Lord of the Rings.

For Zendaya, the footage represents the actress appearing in two days in a row of major releases teased at CinemaCon, with the Euphoria star also having shown up in Sonys Spider-Man: Brand New Day footage.

The news comes a month afterthe first trailerdropped for the film, and limited seats for Imax 70mm screenings for the film quickly sold out.

Dune: Part Threestars Chalamet,Zendaya,Robert Pattinson, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Taylor-Joy, Rebecca Ferguson and Momoa. The film takes place 17 years after Part Two and follows Emperor Paul Atreides as he struggles with the consequences of his holy war, trapped in a cycle of violence while facing conspiracies from the Bene Gesserit, Tleilaxu, and his wife, Irulan.

Warner Bros. and Legendary releaseDune: Part Threeon Dec. 18, which has been the source of plenty of eyebrow raising as Marvels Avengers: Doomsday is coming on the same date (an event thats been dubbed Dunesday). Exhibitors are hoping to get an exclusive look at Dunes box office rival when Disney has its presentation on Thursday.