Anybody who has read the books knows there’s so much more to explore and deal with. When asked what she's most excited about with the sequel, Zendaya joked to Deadline, "Well, I can be there for longer, which is cool." She went on to tease an expanded role in Part Two, saying, "I want to grow with the characters I play, and with the people that I get to learn from. After Chani was heavily featured in trailers and Zendaya walked red carpets as Timothée Chalamet's co-lead, some fans were shocked when she only factored into the film for seven minutes. Part Two will also feature a bigger role for Chani, which will be welcome news for Zendaya fans. In Dune: Part Two, Paul will finally meet his destiny. Second part, there will be much more Harkonnen stuff.” A decision I made very early on was that this first part would be more about Paul Atreides and the Bene Gesserit, and his experience of being in contact for the first time with a different culture. Some new characters will be introduced in the second part. "In the second one, I want to have more flexibility, and it will be possible to go a little bit deeper into some of these details,” Villeneuve said. Meanwhile, Alia and the Baron become mystically intertwined, and surprising linkages between House Harkonnen and House Atreides are revealed. In fact, all of the Harkonnens are set to take on a bigger role in Part Two, as Paul squares off against both Feyd-Rautha and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. Villeneuve has said that Feyd-Rautha will "definitely be a very, very important character" in Part Two. The biggest casting decision is arguably Austin Butler-that's right, Elvis himself-as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Paul's foil and bitter rival, who becomes the biggest antagonist on Paul's quest for absolute power. Lady Margot and her husband (who remains uncasted) plot against the Harkonnens and refuse to act against the Atreides family. Could this be Princess Irulan in casual attire at the palace, or could she be dressed for Bene Gesserit training? Meanwhile, Léa Seydoux rounds out the newbie pool as Lady Margot Fenring, the Bene Gesserit wife of Count Hasimir Fenring. The low quality photo doesn't give us much to go on, but it does show Pugh in some sort of gold circlet, clad in a linen shift. With filming now underway, Pugh was spotted on set in Italy costumed as Princess Irulan. Christopher Walken joins the cast as Shaddam IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, while Florence Pugh joins as his daughter, Princess Irulan, who later becomes Paul's wife (making this Pugh and Chalamet's second time playing on-screen spouses, following 2019's Little Women). After a long wait and an awful lot of rumors, Villeneuve tapped a handful of heavy-hitters to round out the story. It’s a movie that will be more cinematic.”Īs expected, the cast has expanded. “It’s the journey where Paul Atreides and his mother, Lady Jessica, make contact with the Fremen culture and meet with the Fremen. “It’s going to be another beautiful journey in the desert again,” Villeneuve teases. We won't spoil all the delicious twists and turns, but rest assured that the outline provided by the back half of the novel lends itself to a thrilling, more plot-driven story. Meanwhile, the Atreides family expands: Paul and Chani become romantically entwined, as his clairvoyant visions predicted, and Lady Jessica gives birth to a daughter, Alia, with outstanding Bene Gesserit abilities. Paul's journey to becoming the fabled "Kwisatz Haderach" will test his character and imperil his life. In Part Two, viewers can expect Villeneuve's plot to favor the second half of Herbert's Dune, which tracks Paul's rise to power among the Fremen and his eventual rebellion against Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Gear up, spiceheads: we're going back to Arrakis. Meanwhile, pre-shooting in Italy will begin imminently. The shoot has been moved up to this month, with the full cast and crew of Dune: Part Two set to descend on Budapest (where parts of the first installment were shot) on July 21. (It was previously set for October 20, 2023, though Warner Brothers has opted for a Thanksgiving release in order to steer clear of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.) And the wheels of production are already turning. That left the first film ending on a cliffhanger, but a sequel is officially en route, eyeing a Novemrelease. What seems to have spared Villeneuve’s Dune from the poor outcomes of previous attempts was his crucial decision to break the massive story into two parts.
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