Warner Bros. In a short tweet, she announced the start of filming of the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s fantastic epic Dune, posting the first photo from the set with a clapperboard and a synopsis of the film.
The sequel is being developed by the same team as the first film, including director Denis Villeneuve, cinematographer Greg Fraser and composer Hans Zimmer. Filming is planned in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Italy.
We’re rolling. Production on Dune: Part Two has begun. #DuneMoviepic.twitter.com/H31MTEcvcS
— DUNE (@dunemovie) July 18, 2022
Almost all the main actors of the first film will return to their roles – Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Javier Bardem. There will also be several new additions to the cast – Christopher Walken will play the emperor, Austin Butler will appear as Fade-Raut Harkonnen, Florence Pugh will play the role of Princess Irulan, and Lea Seydoux will play Lady Margot.
As for the plot, earlier Villeneuve said that he wants to make the main character the character of Chani, performed by Zendaya. And the official synopsis indirectly confirms this:
“The second part of this film will follow the exciting journey of Paul Atreides, during which he will team up with Chani and the Fremen
a tribe of people in the universe of Dune and goes on the warpath to take revenge on the conspirators who destroyed his family. Faced with a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe known to mankind, he will try to prevent a terrible future, unknown to anyone but himself.
The second part of the film adaptation of the novel by Frank Herbert is scheduled for release on November 17, 2023.
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The first part of “Dune” by Denis Villeneuve debuted with great success and became the winner of the Oscar-2022 – an adaptation of the classic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert in 1965 received as many as six figurines , including awards for best editing, music, sound, visual effects work. The film was released in Ukrainian distribution in mid-September 2021 and showed the best start since the beginning of the pandemic with fees of more than $1 million in the first weekend. In total, “Dune” has collected more than $3.5 million in Ukrainian cinemas, and the total box office of the film is $401.8 million.
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