Tag: Dune
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Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?
As the Sag-Aftra strikes roll on, film schedules are being torn up and A-listers are ditching promotional duties. But what’s a film festival without the talent?Picture the scene. A journalist flying to the Venice film festival earlier this week is wheeling her luggage through the duty-free shop on her way to the gate. Pausing to…
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Dune: Part Two Director Says Sandworms Are Like ‘A Very, Very Intense Uber’
Some might be under the impression that “Dune” is a sweeping sci-fi story about the oppressed rising up against their oppressors, about the dangers of allowing religion and myth to dictate our lives, and about subverting the entire concept of the hero’s journey. Author Frank Herbert’s original novels and their various adaptations over the years are about…
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One Dune 2 Scene Became A ‘Weird Priority’ For Director Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” was the best possible adaptation we could have asked for of Frank Herbert’s magnum opus. It was a daunting endeavor that could have easily been a disaster but instead captures the epic scope of the story, the nuances of its political machinations, and its sprawling collection of characters. It also understood when to…
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Denis Villeneuve Says A Third ‘Dune’ Film “Would Be The Dream” & Teases Work Has Already Started Developing It
Though it is expected that “Dune: Part Two” (now scheduled for a 2024 release date) will finish the story of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel, it really isn’t the full story arc for the lead character, Paul Atreides. You see, the sequel novel, “Dune: Messiah,” is really the end-end of the story, finishing up the…
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Why Dune Director Denis Villeneuve Wants To Adapt Dune: Messiah
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is one of the best big-budget sci-fi movies of the past few years, a fantastic adaptation that captures the epic scope of Frank Herbert’s magnum opus, its politics, vast world-building, and most importantly, its cautionary tale about messiahs. While we wait for the delayed “Dune: Part Two” to bring the second part of…
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Denis Villeneuve Is Already Plotting ‘Dune: Part Three’: ‘There Are Words on Paper’
The news that Warner Bros. has delayed “Dune: Part Two” to March 2024 means that fans will have to wait a bit longer to see Denis Villeneuve and company return to the world of Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi novels. However, the director is already thinking ahead to his next trip to the planet Arrakis.In a…
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How ‘Oppenheimer’ and Christopher Nolan’s Oscar Prospects Dramatically Improve With ‘Dune 2’ Moving to 2024
The Oscar race got a shake-up this week, with Warner Bros. officially moving “Dune: Part Two” to 2024. It’s a game-changing move that could benefit the summer’s second-highest blockbuster “Oppenheimer.” The two seemed destined to dance in several artisan races at the upcoming Academy Awards.I agree with the move by WB to move “Dune 2.”…
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‘Godzilla x Kong’ Sequel Release Date Delayed Amid Ongoing Strikes
MonsterVerse fans are going to have to wait a little longer for a rematch. The historic duel actor and writer’s strike has caused many of Hollywood’s major productions to get pushed back. Now you can add the Legendary and Warner Brothers MonsterVerse to the large number of productions affected as Godzilla X Kong: The New…
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10 Best Florence Pugh Movies, According to IMDb
Florence Pugh’s portrayal of Jean Tatlock in Oppenheimer has once again underscored her prowess as an actress of remarkable depth and range. From her compelling and commanding presence in the 2023 biographical thriller to her breakthrough in an indie drama, Pugh’s trajectory in Hollywood has been meteoric. In fact, Pugh secured a key role in…
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Luckily Robin Williams Didn’t Play Opposite This Comedian in ‘The Birdcage’
Film history is full of “what-if” scenarios of actors, writers, and directors. Eric Stoltz instead in Back to the Future instead of Michael J. Fox, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s version of Dune, or the unfathomable scenario of the shark actually working on the set of Jaws, to name a few. One that has fallen by the wayside,…