Timothée Chalamet’s Dune 2 filming reveal is the perfect present for Frank Herbert fans
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Dust off your stillsuits, people – Dune: Part Two has reportedly finished filming.
The news comes by way of Paul Atreides himself, aka star Timothée Chalamet, who posted a photo of himself to Instagram – in what appears to be Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert – with a caption reading: “DUNE 2 WRAPPED (with desert dad !!).”
The highly-anticipated sequel to director Denis Villeneuve’sDuneis set to be released on November 3, 2023, suggesting the bulk of next year will be devoted to post-production work for the Blade Runner: 2049 filmmaker. Although, it’s possible that Chalamet’s comment only refers to his own filming schedule.
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Initial production got underway on Dune: Part Two earlier this year, with filming taking place in locations such as Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan, and Italy. For an idea of how Villeneuve went about that principal photography, check out our piece onhow Dune’s production team brought the world of Arrakis to lifein Dune: Part One, which features insight from the film’s visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert, head of production design Patrice Vermette, and director of photography Greig Fraser. All three are believed to have returned for Dune: Part Two.
Alongside Chalamet, actors reprising their roles from the first Dune movie include Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Newcomers to Frank Herbert’s sci-fi universe includeFlorence Pugh(Black Widow,Don’t Worry Darling),Austin Butler(Elvis), Léa Seydoux (No Time to Die), andChristopher Walken(The Deer Hunter).
As its title suggests, Dune: Part Two will pick up directly after theabrupt end to Dune: Part One, which saw Chalamet’s superpowered prince, Paul Atreides, join forces with the Fremen after surviving the Harkonnen attack on his family.
Per Warner Bros’ official plot synopsis, Villeneuve’s sequel will “explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.”
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Pugh, Butler, Seydoux, and Walken will star as Princess Irulan Corrino, villain Feyd-Rautha, Bene Gesserit Lady Margot, and Emperor Shaddam IV, respectively – four characters who don’t appear until the second half of Herbert’s novel.
Warner Bros. is betting big on Villeneuve’s Arrakeen vision. Expected to arrive soon after Dune: Part Two is Dune: The Sisterhood, anHBO Max-exclusive spin-off series positioned as a prequel to the first Dune movie.Dune: Awakening– a sprawling MMO video game set in Herbert’s Dune universe – is also on the horizon, though the jury is out on its release date.
In any case, Dune’s even-more-star-studded follow-up ranks among the most anticipatednew moviesof 2023, and we can’t wait to return to the desert plains of Arrakis for more worm-riding action.
Axel is TechRadar’s UK-based Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site’s Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion.
Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.
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