Dune: Part Two managed to keep a major secret from its fans. The second installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s expanding film franchise starred Anya Taylor-Joy in a role that was kept secret until the film literally came out.
Dune: Part Two was a big deal at the box office. It was also a big deal with critics. And, of course, it featured some really big sandworms. So it’s only fitting the second installment in Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal novel is now getting a really big poster.
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Long live the writers! And I’m not saying that just because I write for a living. It’s because Denis Villeneuve revealed he is writing the script for a potential Dune: Part Three.
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Dune: Part Two is here and it’s a breathtaking epic with themes of tragedy, heroism, appropriation, and history woven into every frame. One walks away from the film almost exhausted by the overwhelm.
In Frank Herbert’s Dune, there exists a powerful drug cherished by the known universe for its psychotropic properties, its time-alerting abilities, and its extreme rarity.
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two once again showed the only thing more brutal than Harkonnens is Arrakis itself. Surviving that harsh desert planet is challenging enough for natives, let alone outsiders.
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Fans of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 sci-fi masterpiece have longed for a live-action version worthy of shai-hulud. Now Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two has let those book lovers see scenes and characters they’ve always dreamed of coming to life on a big screen with.
In Dune: Part One, Paul Atreides had a spice-induced vision of a future that truly terrified him. “I see a holy war spreading across the universe like unquenchable fire,” he told his mother.
Anya Taylor-Joy is no stranger to Dune casting rumors. Long before she confirmed her role in the epic sequel, her name was thrown around for Princess Irulan.
Supermega-visionary-auteur Denis Villeneuve went all in on Dune: Part Two and if the early reactions from critics who screened the film at its world premiere in London are anything to go by, his gamble paid off.
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Don’t be afraid to read these 20 facts you might not know about Dune. After all, fear is the mind-killer.
Dune crushed the box office in its first weekend, and that was enough to convince Legendary Entertainment that a sequel is a good idea.
Denis Villeneuve believed so staunchly that there will be two Dune films that he only signed on to direct after Warner Bros. and Legendary agree to let him split his feature film adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel by the same name into two parts, and then he intended to shoot both films at the same time.
The public will finally have a chance to experience what Chalamet and the audience at the Venice Film Festival loved so much when Dune hits theaters Oct. 22.
Timothée Chalamet isn't playing Paul Atreides in Dune by accident. The 25-year-old actor walked Deadline's Joe Utichi through his dedication to director Denis Villeneuve casting him in the feature film adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel by the same name in this new interview published Tuesday (Aug.
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