Denis Villenueve wants to complete ‘Dune’ trilogy with ‘Dune: Messiah’, his last in franchise
1 year, 3 months ago

Denis Villenueve wants to complete ‘Dune’ trilogy with ‘Dune: Messiah’, his last in franchise

The Hindu  

Filmmaker Denis Villenueve has teased a third part in the Dune film franchise and said it would be "the dream" if he succeeds in making a trilogy. His Dune: Part Two, a follow-up to the 2021 Oscar-winning Dune based on Frank Herbert's book series, is due to hit theatres in March 2024. Villenueve, also known for films such as Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Prisoners, said he wants to explore the world of Arrakis in a third film based on Dune Messiah, the second in Herbert's Dune series of six novels. Backed by Warner Bros and Legendary Entertainment, the upcoming Dune: Part Two stars Chalamet along with Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista also poised to return.

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Christopher Nolan praises Dune 2: What a remarkable piece of work
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Christopher Nolan praises Dune 2: What a remarkable piece of work

India Today  

Renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan has expressed his admiration for Denis Villeneuve's film, Dune 2, describing it as 'remarkable'. Nolan said, “If, to me, Dune was like Star Wars, then Dune 2 is The Empire Strikes Back, which is my favorite Star Wars film. Earlier this month, the film's director, Denis Villeneuve told Deadline that he has planned to start filming …

Director Denis Villeneuve: 'Dune 3 will be my last film in franchise'
3 months, 1 week ago

Director Denis Villeneuve: 'Dune 3 will be my last film in franchise'

India Today  

Director Denis Villeneuve recently spoke about Dune 3 and said that the movie would be his last film in franchise. The filmmaker had adapted Frank Herbert's generation-spanning epic tale about warring families in Dune and Dune 2, which saw Timothee Chalamet in the lead role. Speaking to Vanity Fair, the director said, "Listen, if Dune: Messiah happens, it will have …

Timothee Chalamet's 'Dune 3' to release in 2026: Report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Timothee Chalamet's 'Dune 3' to release in 2026: Report

India Today  

While nothing has been confirmed as yet, it is highly likely that the highly anticipated Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya-starrer Dune 3 will be released in the winter of 2026. Various US media outlets reported that Warner Bros recently updated its international release calendar with a title that read, 'Untitled WB/Legendary/Denis Villeneuve Event Film in IMAX.' Dune: Part Two had made …

Dune 3 confirmed to be in development
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Dune 3 confirmed to be in development

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the first two Dune films starring Timothée …

Timothee Chalamet- Zendaya starrer 'Dune 3' in works, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve confirms – India TV
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Timothee Chalamet- Zendaya starrer 'Dune 3' in works, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve confirms – India TV

India TV News  

Director Denis Villeneuve's epic sci-fi movie 'Dune' is a cinematic experience. According to PTI, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is staying in business with Hollywood studios Legendary Entertainment as it has officially given the go-ahead to Dune 3. Villeneuve has time and again expressed a desire to conclude the story of "Dune" with a third part, adapted from "Dune: Messiah" which was …

Dune 2: What the movie is doing with Frank Herbert’s books is grim indeed.
9 months, 1 week ago

Dune 2: What the movie is doing with Frank Herbert’s books is grim indeed.

Slate  

I have questions about Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. In this way, Herbert’s interest in ecology merged with his belief in the dangers of political messianism, and he wrote Dune to warn people about “great men,” along with modernity’s overweening confidence in its ability to transform the earth, along with every other thing he’d been reading and thinking about, from …

Dune: Part Two set for release
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dune: Part Two set for release

China Daily  

Poster of sci-fi franchise Dune's latest movie Dune: Part Two, the upcoming epic under the helm of Denis Villeneuve, the iconic director known for his stylish combination of the sci-fi genre with distinctive arthouse flavor, is set to open across Chinese mainland theaters in multiple formats, including IMAX on Friday. Continuing from where it leaves off in the first Dune …

Dune: Part Two set for release
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dune: Part Two set for release

China Daily  

Poster of sci-fi franchise Dune's latest movie Dune: Part Two, the upcoming epic under the helm of Denis Villeneuve, the iconic director known for his stylish combination of the sci-fi genre with distinctive arthouse flavor, is set to open across Chinese mainland theaters in multiple formats, including IMAX on Friday. Continuing from where it leaves off in the first Dune …

Dune: Part 2 movie: A casual fan’s guide.
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dune: Part 2 movie: A casual fan’s guide.

Slate  

Dune has been one of cinema’s white whales for decades. But more to the point, Dune is a science-fiction story set 20,000 years in the future, when space travel is enabled by the use of a drug called “the spice.” The conflict centers around House Atreides, which is a dynastic house in a galactic congress, and its heir, Paul Atreides. …

Dune: Part Two movie review – Denis Villeneuve's pacier follow-up is effective as long as it harnesses the desert power
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dune: Part Two movie review – Denis Villeneuve's pacier follow-up is effective as long as it harnesses the desert power

Hindustan Times  

Dune: Part Two movie review – Denis Villeneuve spent most of the first part establishing the world, characters, and moral conflict of the story adapted from Frank Herbert's 1965 epic science fiction novel. Dune: Part Two movie review -- Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya's love story is the beating heart of this film Harnessing the desert power Dune: Part 2 remains …

Dune: Part Two sees Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya getting dark and dusty as they head into all-out war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dune: Part Two sees Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya getting dark and dusty as they head into all-out war

ABC  

Fast facts about Dune: Part Two What: The highly anticipated second chapter in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel. The conflict between destiny and rebellion, between religion and humanism, is the dark, unresolved heart of Dune: Part Two — the latest chapter in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic space opera. Much like the opening chapter, …

Dune author Frank Herbert’s son offers glowing verdict on new movie sequel
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dune author Frank Herbert’s son offers glowing verdict on new movie sequel

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The son of Dune author Frank Herbert …

Dune 2 review – audacious, intimate, and menacing like no other blockbuster in existence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dune 2 review – audacious, intimate, and menacing like no other blockbuster in existence

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in ‘Dune: Part Two’ Anyone turned off …

Review: ‘Dune: Part Two’ stirs its sands darkly, deepening a sci-fi masterpiece in our midst
10 months ago

Review: ‘Dune: Part Two’ stirs its sands darkly, deepening a sci-fi masterpiece in our midst

LA Times  

It takes chutzpah to restart your years-in-the-making sci-fi epic in the womb, but after a quick prologue, that’s basically where “Dune: Part Two” begins. He widens our eyes with big action hugeness — the products of an army of visual effects experts — but then asks us, as he did with 2016’s “Arrival,” to interpret and connect the dots. Austin …

Dune: Part Two review: Denis Villeneuve's science-fiction sequel is jaw-droppingly weird
10 months ago

Dune: Part Two review: Denis Villeneuve's science-fiction sequel is jaw-droppingly weird

BBC  

Dune: Part Two review: Denis Villeneuve's science-fiction sequel is jaw-droppingly weird Warner Bros The romance between Paul and Chani is key to the story Denis Villeneuve's epic science-fiction sequel abandons logic and clarity – but ends up being one of the oddest pieces of art-house psychedelia ever to come from a major studio, light years away from the average Hollywood …

In 'Dune: Part Two', filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realises a lifetime dream
10 months, 1 week ago

In 'Dune: Part Two', filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realises a lifetime dream

Hindustan Times  

Los Angeles, Feb 10 Denis Villeneuve doesn't feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two”. Villeneuve finally got his chance at one of the more turbulent times in Hollywood history, facing two delayed releases, an historic shift to streaming and zero guarantee that he would get a “Part Two” at all. “And that confidence quickly eroded.” “Dune: …

In ‘Dune: Part Two,’ filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realizes a lifetime dream
10 months, 2 weeks ago

In ‘Dune: Part Two,’ filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realizes a lifetime dream

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Denis Villeneuve doesn’t feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two.” In his mind, he never left. “And that confidence quickly eroded.” Denis Villeneuve “Dune: Part Two” would be much more technically challenging, with at least seven major action sequences compared to two in the first. This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows …

‘Dune: Part Two’ trailer: Paul’s revenge, Dune’s rise
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Dune: Part Two’ trailer: Paul’s revenge, Dune’s rise

The Hindu  

Riding fan expectations like the back of a giant sandworm, the trailer of Denis Villeneuve’s hotly anticipated Dune: Part Two was released on Wednesday night. Adapted from Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune: Part Two catches up with Paul after the violent erasure of house Atreides in the first film. A visual surprise of Dune: Part Two is the black-and-white …

Denis Villeneuve: Zendaya ‘will be much more prominent’ in ‘Dune’s’ second part
2 years, 11 months ago

Denis Villeneuve: Zendaya ‘will be much more prominent’ in ‘Dune’s’ second part

LA Times  

Director Denis Villeneuve first encountered the classic sci-fi novel “Dune” when he was 13. “Dune” is the dream project for the French Canadian director, who has made science fiction a specialty with his last three outings — “Arrival,” “Blade Runner 2049” and now “Dune.” Based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, the film features an all-star cast led by Timothée Chalamet …

Warner Bros greenlights Dune sequel; film likely to have theatres-only release in 2023
3 years, 1 month ago

Warner Bros greenlights Dune sequel; film likely to have theatres-only release in 2023

Firstpost  

“This is only the beginning,” said Denis Villeneuve in a statement on Dune: Part II announcement Dune isn’t done. Legendary Entertainment announced Tuesday that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel. Warner Bros. Chairman Toby Emmerich said the studio will release Dune: Part II in October 2023. Arguing that …

‘Dune’ to get sequel, with theater-only release set for 2023
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Dune’ to get sequel, with theater-only release set for 2023

Associated Press  

Legendary Entertainment announced Tuesday that Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel. Warner Bros. Chairman Toby Emmerich said the studio will release “Dune: Part II” in October 2023. Arguing that “Dune” belonged to the big screen, Villeneuve had protested passionately when Warner Bros. turned to hybrid releases for all …

‘Dune’ movie review: Denis Villeneuve serves up awe-inspiring, yet morose epic
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Dune’ movie review: Denis Villeneuve serves up awe-inspiring, yet morose epic

The Hindu  

It is finally here, after seeing the trailers forever, it is glorious fun to watch Denis Villeneuve’s spectacular imagining of the iconic Frank Herbert science-fiction novel Dune. In the ‘70s Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky proposed a version with Salvador Dali playing the Emperor and psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd providing the music. Dune Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca …

Dune movie review: Denis Villeneuve, Timothee Chalamet sci-fi fantasy is high-stakes filmmaking at its finest
3 years, 2 months ago

Dune movie review: Denis Villeneuve, Timothee Chalamet sci-fi fantasy is high-stakes filmmaking at its finest

Firstpost  

Director Denis Villeneuve finds a way to marry the big and small, the political and the personal, the spectacle with a film also saying something about our present. Language: English The first thing one might notice about Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is how everything seems huge in it. What is miraculous is also the way director Villeneuve finds a way to …

How 2021’s film adaption of ‘Dune’ compares to Frank Herbert’s classic novel
3 years, 2 months ago

How 2021’s film adaption of ‘Dune’ compares to Frank Herbert’s classic novel

LA Times  

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who correctly guessed who the killer was on “Only Murders in the Building.” Let’s start a podcast. — Tracy Brown Break down Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in “Dune.” In this week’s edition of Here’s Another Movie Based on a Beloved Novel, we look at how Denis Villeneuve’s take on sci-fi epic …

Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm
3 years, 2 months ago

Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm

Slate  

“This is only the beginning,” says the desert nomad Chani near the end of Dune, the long-awaited adaptation of Frank Herbert’s influential sci-fi novel from the French Canadian writer-director Denis Villeneuve. As explored in the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, the mystical Chilean-born filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky spent much of the 1970s trying to mount an impossibly vast production that was to …

‘Dune’ is a dream for Villeneuve, Chalamet, sequel or no
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Dune’ is a dream for Villeneuve, Chalamet, sequel or no

The Independent  

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Denis Villeneuve has produced the first great “Dune” adaptation
3 years, 3 months ago

Denis Villeneuve has produced the first great “Dune” adaptation

The Economist  

BOOKS ARE often described as “unfilmable”. Steven Soderbergh described his attempts to bring “A Confederacy Of Dunces”, John Kennedy Toole’s cult novel, to the screen as “cursed”; film-makers have never quite known what to do with stories that focus on the inner lives of their characters, such as James Joyce’s “Ulysses” or Virginia Woolf’s “To The Lighthouse”. “Dune”, Frank Herbert’s …

‘Dune’ is a dream for Villeneuve, Chalamet, sequel or no
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Dune’ is a dream for Villeneuve, Chalamet, sequel or no

Associated Press  

VENICE, Italy — Denis Villeneuve’s adaption of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” was always envisioned as two films. The almost-film even became the subject of a 2013 documentary, “Jodorowsky’s Dune.” Ridley Scott spent seven months in development on another version before dropping out and making “Blade Runner” instead. “I was only there for a few days but very quickly felt like part …

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival this year
3 years, 6 months ago

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival this year

Firstpost  

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will be screened out-of-competition at the 78th edition of Venice Film Festival, which will run from 1 to 11 September Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated feature film Dune will have its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. The Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures epic, based on Frank Herbert’s seminal science-fiction best-seller, will premiere on 3 September, …

"Dune" trailer: Denis Villeneuve dazzles with Timothée Chalamet, sandworms, and more
4 years, 3 months ago

"Dune" trailer: Denis Villeneuve dazzles with Timothée Chalamet, sandworms, and more

Salon  

The first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's highly anticipated "Dune" has arrived and it's full of eye-popping set design, breathtaking action, and one jaw-dropping last-minute look at Frank Herbert's infamous sandworms. While "Dune" is similar to "Blade Runner 2049" in that it finds Villeneuve tackling one of the most beloved science-fiction properties of all time, the films could not look more …

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