An update! I've got the edit pretty much where I want it, and it's clocking in at 2 hrs 51 minutes. So there's a roughly 7 minute differential between the old version and the new version. This cannot all be attributed to just additional scenes, as I've reworked a lot of the editing throughout. One scene may got a few seconds longer, one may go a little longer, some are edited and cut all together, and some lose half a scene.
For instance, when Paul meets Irulan at the party, I cut the second half of their conversation, when they're dancing. The scene still serves the same purpose and communicates the same information without the second half. I liked that part, but I needed to get the story moving a bit faster since I added the Yueh scene, so it had to go.
But there are a few things that were completely added, like more Yueh, Paul riding the worm, Paul's visit from the Reverend Mother, expanded dreams, etc.
I honestly would've liked to cut it down to 2hrs 45 min, but I've gone over everything multiple times, and I believe if I cut any more you'd feel it. I don't want this to feel rushed, and as most of you know pacing is very important to me as an editor. I think it's right at the sweet spot now. It's an epic story, so I think the runtime is appropriate. If Avengers movies can be about 3 hours, then Dune can too.
I'm rendering out a preview version that I'm going to let a few people watch, and after any appropriate adjustments are made, I'll get this thing out. I'm sure there's some problems I missed as the timeline for this thing has become acomplete monstrosity.