Denis Villeneuve returns to Arrakis for Dune: Half Two, and he hopes his journey doesn’t finish there.
The filmmaker opened up in an interview with Empire Journal about wanting to proceed to discover the desert planet created by Frank Herbert in a third film primarily based on Dune Messiah, if it have been to get greenlit.
“If I reach making a trilogy, that might be the dream,” he advised the publication about bringing to life Herbert’s Dune follow-up. “Dune Messiah was written in response to the truth that folks perceived Paul Atreides as a hero, which isn’t what [Herbert] wished to do. My adaptation [of Dune] is nearer to his concept that it’s truly a warning.”
Villeneuve defined he would say goodbye to Arrakis after Dune 3 and transfer on to different initiatives. “After that the books turn into extra … esoteric,” he defined. Whereas he has but to get the go-ahead for a third installment, the director admitted that it’s not solely in his head. “There are phrases on paper,” he revealed.
Dune 2 picks up the place the first one left off, with Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) lastly reaching Chani (Zendaya) and becoming a member of forces with the Fremen to carry down the evil Harkonnens. Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista additionally return for the sequel.
New castmembers embody an albino Austin Butler as Feyd Rautha, whom Villeneuve has described as an “Olympic sword grasp crossed with a psychotic serial killer”; Christopher Walken as the emperor; Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan Corrino; Léa Seydoux as Woman Margot; and Souheila Yacoub as Shishakli.
Whereas sharing the trailer at CinemaCon in April, Villeneuve defined he went the further mile to make Half Two distinctive. “Half One is extra of a contemplative film. Half Two is an action-packed, epic conflict film. It is way more dense. We went to all new places,” he mentioned. “I didn’t need a feeling of repetition. It’s all new units. All the pieces is new.”
Dune: Half Two was initially set to hit theaters Nov. 3 however has been pushed to March 15, 2024, due to the present actors strike, which might hold the movie’s star-studded forged from selling it.