We have a new trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” (below) which, as reported yesterday, clocks in at 166 minutes. A world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival seems very likely for Villeneuve’s epic.
Villeneuve keeps saying that “Dune: Part Two” should not be seen as a sequel “It’s important—it’s not a sequel, it’s a second part. There’s a difference,” Villeneuve told Vanity Fair earlier this year. “I wanted the movie to really open just where we left the characters. There’s no time jump. I wanted dramatic continuity with part one.”
What else is different about ‘Part Two?’ Villeneuve says it’s more of an action movie, one that he finds to be “much better” than 2021’s “Dune.” If the first one built up the worlds and characters of Frank Herbert’s much beloved sci-fi novel, then this second one is supposed to be the massive delivery. What we’ll be getting is Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet), after his father’s death, with revenge on his mind and the intense battle brewing with the invading Harkonnen.
The cast is a stunning batch of talent — Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
Here’s the official synopsis:
“Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
“Dune: Part Two” will be theatrically released on March 1, 2024.