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Denis Villeneuve spent a year perfecting Dune’s sandworm design

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While Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have started to peel back the curtain on Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated sci-fi epic Dune, we’re yet to catch any kind of glimpse of one key element from Frank Herbert’s seminal book series – that of the enormous sandworms inhabiting the desert planet of Arrakis. Given how synonymous the sandworms […]

Dune director Denis Villeneuve talks Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Atreides

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While we await the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, the director has been chatting to Empire Online about his hotly-anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi epic – specifically the film’s protagonist Paul Atreides, played by Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet, whom he compares to The Godfather’s Michael Corleone. “Paul has been raised in a […]

New Dune image features Timothée Chalamet and Josh Brolin

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Empire has revealed a new image from Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated Frank Herbert sci-fi adaptation Dune featuring Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck; take a look here… SEE ALSO: David Lynch has “zero interest” in the new Dune after his experience on the 1984 film “It’s Paul’s first contact with the […]

David Lynch has “zero interest” in the new Dune after his experience on the 1984 film

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While the upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune from director Denis Villeneuve is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2020, former Dune director David Lynch will not be checking out the film. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lynch revealed he has “zero interest” in the latest adaptation of Dune due to his prior frustrations during […]

Brian Herbert praises Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation

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This week’s first-look reveal of Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert’s Dune impressed many fans of the franchise. One person in particular who is very happy with what they have seen is Herbert’s son Brian Herbert, who has continued writing Dune novels based off his father’s notes. With the release of the images, […]

New images from Denis Villeneuve’s Dune showcase the cast of the sci-fi epic

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Following yesterday’s first look at Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune, another batch of images have been released from Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated adaptation featuring Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Jason Mamoa as Duncan […]

Official logo for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune leaks online

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With some official images reportedly shown off at a merchandising show in France, the official logo for director Denis Villeneuve’s (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) hotly anticipated big screen adaptation of the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi epic Dune has leaked online. It’s disappearing just as quickly, with copyright claims hitting social media left, right and centre, […]

Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve would like to return to the franchise

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Blade Runner 2049 and Dune director Denis Villeneuve has expressed interest in returning to the Blade Runner universe if he was able to create an original story rather than a continuation of the first two films in the franchise. “It’s such an inspiring place, the Blade Runner world,” Villeneuve shared with Empire. “The problem I have is the word ‘sequel’. I think cinema […]

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will be “shocking” and “very visceral”, according to Oscar Isaac

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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker star Oscar Isaac shared a few comments on his next project, director Denis Villeneuve’s Frank Herbert adaptation Dune, which is set to release a year from now in December 2020. “It’s just a wholly, wholly different thing,” said Isaac when EW asked […]

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune pushed back a month to December 2020

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It seems we’re going to have to wait a little longer for Denis Villeneuve’s Frank Herbert adaptation Dune, with Warner Bros. announced that it has pushed back the release of the sci-fi epic a month from November 20th 2020 to December 18th 2020. The film will now open alongside Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Paramount’s […]