Dune director Denis Villeneuve hopes that he can begin filming the film's sequel by 2022. Dune is an adaptation of Frank Herbert's renowned 1965 novel of the same name, which follows the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his family as they acclimate to their new life on the desert planet of Arrakis. The story has come to be highly influential in the realm of fiction, with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars and Game of Thrones taking inspiration from Herbert's books.
Villeneuve's film is only set to adapt the first half of the novel, with the second half (which will be led by Zendaya's Chani) coming at a later unspecified date. Some fans have expressed concern over Dune 2's release, anxious that diminished box-office returns resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may lead to the studio cancelling a proposed follow-up. These worries aren't entirely unjustified; the director's last entry into a major franchise, Blade Runner 2049, enjoyed abundant critical praise but was ultimately a box-office disappointment for the studio. However, Villeneuve remains confident that he will be able to complete his adaptation of Herbert's novel.
In a recent interview with La Presse, Villeneuve says that he anticipates that Dune 2 will begin filming in 2022. “The script will then be relatively well advanced," says the director, at which point the production "could start filming in the fall of 2022." Find the director's full comments below:
"The script will then be relatively well advanced and I think realistically that we could start filming in the fall of 2022. It would be pretty quick, but it would be good."
Dune has been highly anticipated ever since it was first announced to be in development. It has all the necessary ingredients to become a blockbuster hit: a star-studded cast, an enormous production budget, and the director's own track record of critically acclaimed (if financially tepid) masterpieces. Unfortunately, due to a multitude of reasons both pandemic-related and otherwise, the film's release date has been as volatile as the desert wasteland of Arrakis upon which the story is set. That being said, Villeneuve's nonchalant attitude about a follow-up is reassuring and will hopefully assuage some fans' fears.
It's quite surreal to recall that Dune was initially slated for a November 2020 release. After more than a year of constant delays, the film is now set to release in a little over a month. But, as people across the globe have had to come to grips with over the past year, the film's performance, as well as its proposed sequel, are entirely contingent on the state of the pandemic. Hopefully, numbers settle so that both projects can have a fair shot in the limelight.
Source: La Presse
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