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Dune director Denis Villeneuve says “it will be a sprint to finish the movie” to meet the release date

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Despite the uncertainty of theatres reopening, Warner Bros. is still scheduling Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to be released this coming December. Now, the director has opened up about how the ongoing global health crisis has impacted his filming schedule. During a recent Montreal-based interview promoting the Shanghai International Film Festival (via IndieWire), Villeneuve revealed that “it will be […]

Hans Zimmer claims his Dune score is “driving everybody crazy” with the number of ideas he has

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Veteran composer Hans Zimmer has revealed his score for the upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune from director Denis Villeneuve is “driving everybody crazy” with the number of ideas he has. In a recent interview with Variety, Zimmer discussed a number of the projects he’s been working on, including the latest James Bond film No Time to Die, […]

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune heading back to Hungary for additional photography

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Deadline is reporting that Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming film Dune is not done with production just yet as the filmmaker is planning to head back to Hungary to shoot additional material for the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic. Warner Bros. is still planning for its December 18th date in the U.S, as the studio doesn’t believe […]

Dune cinematographer says it will be a “fully standalone epic” despite being half of the book

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The upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune from director Denis Villeneuve is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2020 and cinematographer Greig Fraser has stated the film will feel standalone despite the two-film plan. In a recent interview with Collider, Fraser insisted that while the first Dune instalment is only cover the first half of […]

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 […]

Original Dune star Kyle MacLachlan says he is looking forward to seeing the remake

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Kyle MacLachlan, the star of the original Dune adaptation, has shared his excitement about seeing the Denis Villeneuve remake. The latest effort to adapt the seminal Dune novels has got a lot of people excited, partly thanks to the goodwill director Denis Villeneuve has amassed in recent years and the stellar cast that is on […]

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 […]

Boom! announces Dune: House Atreides comic book adaptation from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

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With Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune set to hit the big screen this December, Boom! Studios has announced that co-writers Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are teaming up to adapt their prequel novel Dune: House Atreides as a twelve issue comic book series. Set in the years leading up to the […]