The official poster and first look at the highly-anticipated movie "Dune Part: 2" have been unveiled.
The footage featured a brief glimpse of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) echoing moments from the previous movie as he is depicted using a thumper to lure a giant sandworm, which the Fremen use to ride across the harsh deserts of Arrakis.
The footage abruptly cuts right before the sandworm appears.
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Not much has been revealed about the upcoming project other than it will pick up directly from where the first movie left off.
Paul Atreides (Chalamet), the young royal of Arrakis who was prophesied to become a great leader by the Bene Gesserit, the secretive matriarchal order with superhuman abilities, had been reduced to nothing following the murder of his family and the destruction of his house by the rival family, House Harkonnen.
Throughout the movie, Paul had been haunted by visions of Chani (Zendaya), appearing in his dreams, before encountering her in the barren sands of the desert and, winning a duel, being welcomed into her tribe of warriors and survivors known as the Fremen.
The first part of the sci-fi epic opened in October 2021 in the U.S., earning $41 million in ticket sales on its first weekend. It was the highest-grossing title under Warner Bros. 2021 pandemic theatrical day-and-date HBO Max model grossing $400M and earning six Oscars.
The cast also starred Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.
The highly-anticipated sequel will feature newcomers Léa Seydoux, Christopher Walken, Florence Pugh, and Austin Butler.
Seydoux is set to play Lady Margot, the Bene Gesserit wife of the Mentat Count Hasimir Fenring.
Pugh portrays Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler stars as Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis.
Walken will play Emperor Shaddam IV, the ruler of the known universe who initially sends the Atreides family to Arrakis to cause their downfall.
Principal photography began in July 2022 and concluded in December. It was filmed at locations in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan, and Italy.
Jon Spaihts co-wrote the script alongside Villeneuve, the latter is also helming the project.
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. It is centered around Paul Atreides (Chalamet), a scion of the noble House of Atreides that is tasked with overseeing the barren desert planet Arrakis, known as Dune.
The sequel resumes where “Part One” left off, with Atreides fighting alongside the Fremen to free the desert planet of Arrakis from the grips of House Harkonnen.
Warner Bros. will distribute the movie and help finance it, however, Legendary Entertainment will be the primary money behind the movie and owns the movie rights to Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction bestseller of the same name.
A sequel to Arrakis was always part of the plan. Villeneuve was adamant in interviews that his adaptation of the novel would have two parts. The movie’s opening title sequence read “Dune: Part 1”.
While the movie is expected to follow the events of the book, Bardem has revealed that it will not be a straightforward adaptation.
"Dune: Part Two" is set to release in theaters on November 3.
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