DUNE (2021) MOVIE NEWS & REVIEW

dune (2021) movie

Genre              |   Science Fiction

Classification   |   M

Running time   |   150 minutes

Released         |   21 October 2021

cast

Timothée Chalamet ... Paul Atreides
Oscar Isaac ... Duke Leto Atreides
Rebecca Ferguson ... Lady Jessica
Josh Brolin ... Gurney Halleck
Jason Momoa ... Duncan Idaho
Zendaya ... Chani
Stellan Skarsgård ... Baron Harkonnen
Dave Bautista ... Glossu 'Beast' Rabban
Javier Bardem ... Stilgar
Charlotte Rampling ... Reverend Mother Mohiam
David Dastmalchian ... Piter De Vries
​Chen Chang ... Dr. Yueh

director

​Denis Villeneuve ​

writer

​Frank Herbert ... (novel)
 
Eric Roth ... (screenplay)
Denis Villeneuve ... (screenplay)
Jon Spaihts ... (screenplay)

cinematographer

​Greig Fraser ... director of photography

music

​Hans Zimmer

film editor

Joe Walker

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box office result

Worldwide               $? million

Australia                 $? million

North America        $? million

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movie minutiae

Denis Villeneuve confirmed that his adaptation of DUNE (2020) will be split into at least two films, in order to ensure that the original story would be "preserved and not cut into a million pieces."

Denis Villeneuve previously directed BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) for producer Ridley Scott. Scott was at one point planning to direct an adaptation of DUNE. His own film ALIEN (1979) was written by Dan O'Bannon, and the creature designed by H.R. Giger, who first met each other while working on Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed DUNE project.

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DUNE (2021) STORY SYNOPSIS

​The big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal bestseller DUNE stars Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION), Oscar Isaac (STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (DEADPOOL 2), Stellan Skarsgård (AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON), Dave Bautista (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL 2), Zendaya (SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING), David Dastmalchian, Stephen Henderson, with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling, with Jason Momoa (AQUAMAN), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem.

A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, DUNE tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Villeneuve is directing DUNE from a screenplay he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is being produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Joe Caracciolo and Villeneuve. The executive producers are Tanya Lapointe, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, Thomas Tull, Jon Spaihts, Richard P. Rubinstein, John Harrison and Herbert W. Gains, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant.

Behind the scenes, Villeneuve is collaborating for the first time with Oscar-nominated director of photography Greig Fraser (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY); three-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West (THE REVENANT) and co-costume designer Bob Morgan; and stunt coordinator Tom Struthers. Oscar-winning and multiple Oscar-nominated composer Hans Zimmer (BLADE RUNNER 2049) is creating the score. Villeneuve is also reteaming with two-time Oscar-nominated production designer Patrice Vermette (SICARIO), two-time Oscar-nominated editor Joe Walker (ARRIVAL), two-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert, and Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer. 

DUNE is being filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary, and in Jordan.

DUNE (2021) MOVIE REVIEW

Reviewed by Mark Geraghty   |   Review date 1 October 2021

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DUNE MOVIE (2021) USEFUL LINKS

Dune (2020 film) - Wikipedia
Dune (2020) - IMDb​
Dune (2020) - Rotten Tomatoes

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