The well -known American actor Christopher Walker, Oscar winner for best supporting actor in 1978 for his role in The sniperis signed by Warner to join the cast of the second installment of Dunethe film of Denis Villeneuve with a release date scheduled for October 2023.

According to the expert site miscellaneousWalken will play Shaddam IV, the emperor of the entire narrative universe, created by Frank Herbert in his iconic novel of the same name published in 1965.

In that sense, the 79-year-old actor will occupy one of the most important plot roles in the second part of the story, which the Canadian filmmaker will take to the screen to close out what was seen in the film released in October last year.

It is that although the emperor, also known as Padishah, does not appear in the first stage, he is the character who inspires the story, after giving orders to House Atreides to control the planet Arrakis, the famous setting of Dune.

Florence Pugh was already there

In this way, Walken became the third new addition to the cast, after being confirmed by the British Florence Pugh, who was recently involved in the Marvel movie Black Widowwill play the role of princess Irulan, the emperor’s son.

Furthermore, young people austin butlerwhich will soon hit the big screen as the biopic’s lead Elvisabout “king of rock and roll”, will join production as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, the heiress of the antagonist house played by singer Sting in the 1984 version of the film directed by David Lynch.

Dune: Part 2 will start shooting next year and will have an exclusive theatrical release and not in hybrid format, as happened with its predecessor, and will complete Villeneuve’s original plan (Sicario, The Coming), with always in mind to open the story into two sections.

In this regard, Warner’s expectations and commitment to production have grown significantly since the last edition of the Oscars, where Dune It came in as the second most nominee, with ten nominations, and was left as the most awarded, with six statuettes belonging to the technical categories.

Timothée Chalamet at Zendayawho plays Paul Atreides and Chani, respectively, commented publicly about their desire to start shooting the film, where they will also return to their roles. Javier BardemRebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista.

Dunethat the first and failed attempt at adapting to the big screen was made by the Chilean filmmaker Alexander Jodorowskyalso had another attempt 24 years after Lynch’s film, released in 1984, when Paramount announced a project under the direction of American Peter Berg (deep horizon).

However, this version of Villeneuve emerged when Legendary acquired the rights to the novel in 2016, with a screenplay written by Eric RothOscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994).

The story, set in the distant futurefollows Duke Leto Atreides and his son, Paul, as they travel to the planet Arrakis to manage the production of an important drug known as “the spice,” which prolongs human life and provides more than human mental power.

However, a dangerous betrayal by their enemies leads Paul and his mother to take refuge in Fremen, a tribe from the Arrakis living in the deep desert, where they will try to avenge their father and regain control of the indigenous to the natives.the desired substance.

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