Tag: Dune
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Oscars 2023: Best Cinematography Predictions
“As previously noted, the Oscar crafts contenders embrace a wide range of genres, periods, subjects, themes, and settings this season, with a particular emphasis on the movies, music, and political/social activism. This definitely affects the cinematography race, which shines a light on the remarkable looks that help drive visual storytelling.This season, three-time winner Emmanuel “Chivo”…
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Dune: Awakening Open World Survival Game Announced
“Fear is the mind-killer.” The quote from Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel Dune is spoken loud and clear in the new trailer for Funcom’s upcoming open-world survival Mmo video game, Dune: Awakening. It has been known for a few years now that Funcom would be working on a game set in the Dune universe, with…
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American Film Institute sets AFI Awards 2022 date
Honourees-only ceremony recognizes entire creative team in front of and behind camer.The American Film Institute (AFI) has set the AFI Awards 2022 honourees-only ceremony for January 13, 2023, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.The awards celebrates creative teams as a whole and recognises talent in front of and behind the camera. Submissions and…
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‘Dune’, ‘Succession’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ among World Soundtrack Awards nominees
The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium.The composers of Dune, Succession and The Power Of The Dog are among this year’s nominees for the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) as the first wave of nominations are unveiled.The winners will be announced on October 22…
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Zendaya Will ‘Probably’ Direct ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Episode, Needs ‘Enough Time to Do It the Right Way’
Zendaya is eying her next project: directing an episode of “Euphoria.”The Emmy winner told Vogue Italia that she was actually supposed to helm Season 2, Episode 6, titled “A Thousand Little Trees of Blood,” for the hit HBO series. However, she didn’t have enough time to prepare as she was also acting in the episode.“It’s…
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Oscar Isaac Discusses His Big Year: ‘Having More Ownership of the Creative Gave Me More Energy Back’
Oscar Isaac likes to quote Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” In the past two years, Isaac has learned this the hard way, pushing himself into ever riskier emotional terrain as an actor.Ever since he broke out in 2013 with his first lead role as a sensitive finger-picking folk singer in…
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If Dune’s Costumes Weren’t Right, Nothing Else Was Going To Work
The story of adapting Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic “Dune” is as tragic and winding as the exposition of the novel itself. But decades after David Lynch’s campy ’80s version seemed to solidify the tale as unadaptable, Denis Villeneuve did just that with his 2021 film.One of the many laurels heaped atop his “Dune” is its…
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MTV Movie and TV Awards Winners List 2022 (Updated Live)
The MTV Movie & TV Awards are back, with Vanessa Hudgens hosting the ceremony live on MTV.The awards celebrate the year’s best in film and TV, with honors ranging from Best Show to Best Kiss. Awards will be doled out for both scripted and reality TV, with unscripted nominees including “American Idol,” “The Masked Singer,”…
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Javier Bardem Has Read ‘Dune: Part Two’ Script, Says Sequel ‘Is Gonna Surprise People’
From a critical standpoint, “Dune” is one of the most successful studio films in recent memory. Denis Villeneuve’s sprawling take on Frank Herbert’s famously hard-to-film science fiction novel earned rave reviews and a Best Picture nomination when it was released last fall. Villeneuve’s unique vision for the desert planet of Arrakis and ability to conjure…
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Patrick Stewart Had No Idea Who Sting Was While Working On David Lynch’s Dune
In 1984, Sting was practically a household name. His band, The Police, had released their last studio album titled Synchronicity a year earlier in 1983, and that album included such chart-topping singles as “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” “King of Pain,” and the immortal “Every Breath You Take,” with the video for the latter in heavy…