Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet, two who obviously return in the second part. Clarin archive photo
Denis Villeneuve has returned to the desert planet Arrakis. Filming has begun Dune: second partwith a global release scheduled for November 2023. The Canadian director and screenwriter will shoot the sequel on location in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Italy.
According to the official synopsis, the new sci-fi saga based on the novels of Frank Herbert “will explore the mythical journey of Paul Atreides as he joins Chani and the Fremens in a war of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.” .
He adds: “Faced with a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he strives to avoid a terrible future that only he can foresee.”
Javie Bardem, Stilgar, in a scene from the 2021 film.
A stellar cast with new and old acquaintances
Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment have announced that the main protagonist Timothy Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides.
The Oscar-nominated Franco-American actor will once again be accompanied by a stellar cast that includes ZendayaRebecca Ferguson Javier BardemJosh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) will have a lot to understand in the second part …
The production also confirmed the addition of several previously reported characters: Austin Butler (the new Elvis) as the infamous Feyd Rautha and Christopher Walken as Shaddam IV, the emperor of the entire narrative universe.
Besides these two, Florence Pugh (Black Widow) will play the role of Princess Irulan, daughter of the emperor; Lea Seydoux (Inglourious Basterds) will be Lady Margot, wife of the count and Mentat Hasimir Fenring; and the Swiss Souheila Yacoub (Nobody’s land) will play Shishakli, a Sietch Tabr Fremen.
Austin Butler stars in “Elvis”, currently on the bill, and will be Feyd Rautha in the second part of “Dune”.
The same “Oscar-winning” team.
The first installment of Dune –directed and co-written by Villeneuve – it was released in October 2021 in theaters and on HBO Max and garnered rave reviews. The film grossed $ 108 million at the US box office and $ 401 million worldwide.
Dune It received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It didn’t win the biggest, but it ended up being the most honored with six awards for music, sound, editing, cinematography, production design, and visual effects.
The visual effects team of “Duna”. The film won six Oscars: no film won so many statuettes in March. AFP photo
Warner Bros. has reported that the heads of each technical team will return to work Dune: second part. Director of photography Greig Fraser, costume designer Jacqueline West, makeup artist and prosthetic designer Donald Mowat, composer Hans Zimmer, production designer Patrice Vermette, editor Joe Walker, and visual effects supervisors Paul Lambert and Gerd Nefzer.
“What helps us in this case is that it’s the first time I’ve revisited a universe,” Villeneuve said earlier this year of the sequel. noa. “So I’m working with the same team, everyone knows what to do, we know what it’s going to be like,” she added.
The director of Sicario Y 2049 runner blade.
Dune: second part, scheduled for release on November 17, 2023, will be released in exclusive theaters and not in a hybrid format, as happened with its predecessor. The new film will complement Villeneuve’s original plan, which he always had in mind to unfold the story in two.
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Source: Clarin