A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

Coming back to IMAX, baby!

dune, but make it set at a start up pic.twitter.com/gFZC98URbm

— Morgan A Baila (@morganbaila) November 24, 2021

oooooo i'm stoked for that IMAX news!

a million deaths are not enough for yueh (and that's why he's not in that picture)

pic.twitter.com/0s7Ym9kjNa

— Good Faces (@good_faces_bot) November 26, 2021

the ONLY good faces iirc

Of course it would be at Walmart.

Repeating the phrase "limited edition pain box" over and over in my head until it sounds normal pic.twitter.com/4RDBa4H1VJ

— RTL3 (@RussellLatshaw) January 12, 2022

I have not seen it. I read the first book for the first time at age 11 and have loved it ever since. My brother, who is as much of a devotee as I am, loved it, but . . . I just don't know.

pain box packaging is kraken me up

One new answer from forksclovetofu - thought Dune was somehow eligible for the TV poll

lol

that weird slimy dog thing should get an oscar for best actor

i know it’s not real
i know it’s not in the book
i do not care

vinnie, put your hand in the pain box and vote

I'm not sure how widespread this is, but at least in NYC, they've put this back into multiplexes, including IMAX screens, for at least a few times this week. Must be part of their Oscar campaign? I've gotten a lot of For Your Consideration ads for it lately.

their Isaac campaign

rules in IMAX. the second viewing definitely highlighted some issues for me (including a couple of takes from Chalamet that rang a little false this time around)..... but also let me just kick back and embrace the audiovisual journey. this thing gets so much more value out of its CGI just by slowing the fuck down and letting me sit in the weirdness of these alien worlds. still, part ii better stick the landing.

It's kind of wild to me how much better this was in IMAX, don't think I've felt that way about a film before

There's less notable contrast at certain points in IMAX but it is a truly immersive and striking watch that way, no lie.

Pretty good watch, this. Did not expect the Lee "Scratch" Perry mention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L2MzJKWAuQ

And the nominees for Best Picture are... #Oscars pic.twitter.com/wKEWVMpqwl

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 8, 2022

feyd feyd feyd https://t.co/jmHC2IzGhN

— Max Rebo’s Roadie (@KevKoeser) March 7, 2022

:D

weirding module but it's a snapchat filter

Guys, you know he wants to play a sandworm

kwizpatz etc

guild navigator would be good too xp

I'm hearing Villeneuve's next project is Rendevouz with Rama.

(Creams self and dies)

Hmmm.

EXCLUSIVE: Austin Butler is in negotiations to play Feyd-Rautha in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s ‘Dune Part Two’ https://t.co/g0jwKSTOv0

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 10, 2022

As noted, this means the literal new Elvis would also be Feyd, which is different from Sting, and yet.

Meantime, a bit via io9:

During a recent interview with The Playlist, screenwriter Jon Spaights confirmed Dune, Part II will set up a potential third movie, Dune Messiah:

Dune Messiah is the next book, and it’s one of three books with Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune, that covers the lives of the characters we meet in the first novel. Subsequently, there’s a giant leap in time and the series gets stranger and more epic as it carries on. But Dune Messiah picks up years after the close of Dune, and yes, Denis has talked seriously about making that film as well, as a conclusion of the trilogy. Dune Messiah is a very interesting book, which in some ways, deconstructs Dune and plays as a cautionary tale, even more than Dune does, about the dangers of blending religion and politics, the hazards of following charismatic leaders, and the dangerous struggle that’s always alive between the individual and institutions.

There are a few tantalizing strands that lead into the future and suggest that we might not be done in this universe, despite the fact that the ending of Dune as a novel, which will be the ending of the second film, is a very satisfying conclusion. There are a number of ways in which the book also sounds ominous notes, and there are hints of foreboding about what made be yet to come.

Here’s the full interview from The Playlist, which has a fair bit more:
https://theplaylist.net/jon-spaihts-dune-trilogy-park-chan-wook-20220310/

This is probably a typo/transcription error, but I want to believe it’s what he said

Because of the world, you have built, are there any thoughts of leaving the door open at the end of the second film for a third film? I believe “Messiah” is the next book in that respect.

Yes. Frank Herbert wrote six novels, I believe, with a seventh partially completed upon his death that was completed preposterously by his son.

where's the lie

otm

Sure is getting a lot of the technical Oscars here.

Timothee Chalamet's sparkly Judi Dench jacket and salamander's bare chest = look of the year

Poor JK Simmons.

hope the sound team won an award or two, the doc made them seem like the most endearingly dedicated nerds <3

the won the sound award (there's only one now) as they should have

Meantime the prequel TV series continues being a thing:

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dune-prequel-series-hbo-max-johan-renck-director-1235242651/

The “Dune” prequel series at HBO Max has brought Johan Renck onboard to direct the first two episodes.

Renck will also serve as an executive producer on the show, currently titled “Dune: The Sisterhood.” It was ordered straight-to-series at HBO Max in June 2019. Previously, “Dune” director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve was attached to direct the pilot for “Dune: The Sisterhood,” but his work on the “Dune” sequel film will prevent him from doing so.

The show is set 10,000 years prior to the events of “Dune” and follows the Harkonnen Sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.

good to know that the vastness of the known universe across millennia only runs to three families of note

Well you know

feel like there's another sci-fi ish franchise where the entire universe revolves around a few families

Yup, Weyland and Yutani

kickstarter for ridley to introduce alucard harkonnen-butler into the xenomorph mythos

If I see the name Brian Herbert attached to so much as the on-set craft services I am kicking the series to the kerb

They list executive producers further down in the article. It's crawling with Herberts.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_small/7/72648/2048210-erbert.jpg

So it looks like the additions to the cast for the sequel are:

Austin Butler as Feyd, noted earlier
Florence Pugh as Irulan
Christopher Walken as Shaddam IV

And announced today: Lea Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring

no complaints!