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“Dune: Part Two” is an American epic science fiction film by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts serving as the sequel of “Dune”

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Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic science fiction film.
The film was directed by Denis Villeneuve.
He co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts.
The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert.
It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen.
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film.
Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Léa Seydoux joines the ensemble cast.
Development began after Legendary Entertainment acquired film and television rights for Dune in 2016.
Villeneuve signed on as director for the film in 2017, with the intention of making a two-part adaptation of the novel due to its complexity.
Production contracts were only secured for a first film, with the second film having to be green-lit based on the first’s success.
Though Villeneuve was concerned about the sequel’s certainty after the first film had a simultaneous theatrical and HBO Max release, Warner Bros. Pictures assured him the sequel would happen if it performed well on HBO Max.
After the critical and commercial success of the first film, Warner Bros. and Legendary green-lit Dune: Part Two in October 2021.
Most of the new cast members were announced in 2022, followed by Tim Blake Nelson a year later.
Principal photography took place in Budapest, Italy, Jordan and Abu Dhabi between July and December 2022.
Dune: Part Two had its world premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on February 15, 2024.
It is set to be released in the United States on March 1, 2024, after being delayed from a late-2023 release due to the Hollywood labor disputes.
The sequel was green-lit after Dune: Part One topped the U.S. box office on its opening weekend, making a career-best performance for Villeneuve, and Warner’s top-performing opener of 2021.
According to New York Times columnist Kyle Buchanan at the time Austin Butler was announced as the frontrunner to play Feyd-Rautha, Tye Sheridan and Harry Styles were also revealed to be serious contenders for the role.
On August 24th, 2023 the film was delayed from November 3rd, 2023 to March 15th, 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Warner Bros. wanted to have the cast available to promote the film. This is later pulled to March 1st, 2024.
Bill Skarsgård and Barry Keoghan were considered for the role of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen before Austin Butler was cast.
Christopher Walken plays Emperor Shaddam IV. Coincidentally, Walken starred in the 2001 music video for the Fatboy Slim song “Weapon of Choice”, a song which includes several references to Dune (“Don’t be shocked by the tone of my voice”, “Walk without rhythm and you won’t attract the worm”).
Denis Villeneuve said he will not release any deleted scenes, explaining, “I’m a strong believer that when it’s not in the movie, it’s dead. I kill darlings, and it’s painful for me. Sometimes I remove shots and I say, ‘I cannot believe I’m cutting this out.’ I feel like a samurai opening my gut. It’s painful, so I cannot go back after that and create a Frankenstein and try to reanimate things that I killed. It’s too painful. When it’s dead, it’s dead, and it’s dead for a reason. But yes, it is a painful project, but it is my job. The movie prevails. I’m very, I think, severe in the editing room. I’m not thinking about my ego, I’m thinking about the movie.”
AMC’s website crashed when tickets for this film went on sale.
Many fans objected to white actor Christopher Walken playing a role previously played by a Hispanic (Jose Ferrer) and an Italian (Giancarlo Giannini) actor, but despite the character’s name, the novels do not identify him as Hispanic, Italian, or Middle-Eastern. The surname Corrino was adopted by a member of House Butler to connect his dynasty to the Battle of Corrin.
Emperor Shaddam IV is described in the book as an old man but his shape is of a man in thirties.
Fans online nominated Mads Mikkelsen, Viggo Mortensen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Denzel Washington and Charles Dance for the role of the Emperor, as they are all over fifty but don’t appear so, before choosing Christopher Walken in May, 2022.
Barry Keoghan published a tweet that contained a hush emoji and a winking emoji immediately after this film was announced, which has led to mass speculation whether he’s been cast in the film.
This is the first Dune film to be entirely filmed for IMAX 1.43:1 & 1.90:1, unlike its predecessor, Dune (2021), which was primarily Filmed in Panavision (anamorphic) 2.39:1, with 1.65x Ultra Vista anamorphic lenses, and was partially filmed for IMAX, with switching aspect ratios (in both 1.43 in IMAX GT with Laser & 1.90 in IMAX Digital & non-GT Laser) its theatrical release in IMAX theaters.
Emma Roberts was offered the role of Princess Irulan, but scheduling conflicts prevented her from taking the role.
Austin Butler had to gain 25 pounds of muscle to play Feyd-Rautha in this movie.
Denis Villeneuve’s first film to shoot in aspect ratio taller since Prisoners (2013).
On February 15th, 2024 it was confirmed that Anya Taylor-Joy had joined the cast. It’s speculated that she will play Alia Atreides, Paul Atreides’s sister.
Stellan Skarsgård’s body makeup took 8 hours to apply and 2 hours to remove for every day of shooting. He didn’t drink anything and took Imodium pills in order to avoid having to go to the bathroom during shooting days.
The second Warner Bros. film in the year to be shot taller 1.90:1 IMAX aspect ratio after The Flash (2023).
Christopher Walken will appear in this film as Emperor Shaddam IV. Walken has previously appeared with Dune (1984) actor Brad Dourif in Heaven’s Gate (1981). Dourif has stated that the 1984 film is “Science fiction’s answer to Heaven’s Gate”.