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Christopher Walken Joins "Dune: Part Two"


Fri 13 May 2022 | 12:23 PM
Yara Sameh

Veteran American actor Christopher Walken has joined the cast of the highly-anticipated sequel to “Dune“.

He would join the star-studded returning cast of Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, and Josh Brolin.

It also features newcomers Florence Pugh and Austin Butler.

The sequel resumes where "Part One" left off, with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) fighting alongside the Fremen to free the desert planet of Arrakis from the grips of House Harkonnen.

Walken will play Emperor Shaddam IV, the ruler of the known universe who initially sends the Atreides family to Arrakis in order to cause their downfall. In the continuation, he and the baron terrorize the populace and must contend with the rebellion. Jose Ferrer played the part in the 1984 movie adaptation by David Lynch.

Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis.

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Shooting is expected to start this summer in Budapest with Villeneuve in the director’s seat. He also co-wrote the script with Jon Spaihts.

The project is being produced by Mary Parent, Villeneuve, Cale Boyter, and Tanya Lapointe. Kevin J. Anderson, the author who co-wrote many Dune books with Brian Herbert after Frank Herbert’s death, is serving as a creative consultant.

Executive producers include Josh Grode, David Valdes, Herbert W. Gains, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, Thomas Tull, Spaihts, Richard P. Rubinstein, and John Harrison.

“Dune” is adapted from Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction bestseller of the same name. The first part of the sci-fi epic opened on October 22, 2021, in the U.S., earning $41 million in ticket sales during its first weekend.