Dune 2 is more of an action movie than Part One, teases Denis Villeneuve
Dec. 4, 2023The director teases a “more muscular” Part Two
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To that end, the director and his Oscar-winning cinematographer Greig Fraser shot 100% of Dune: Part Two with IMAX cameras (in contrast to just 35-40% of Part One) – the only way to do justice to the film’s enormovision worm-riding sequences. “It was, by far, one of the most technically complex scenes I have done in my life,” Villeneuve notes of Paul’s trailer-teased first ride.
Timothée Chalamet is back as chosen one and rebel leader Paul Atreides, alongside other returning cast members Zendaya, Javier Bardem, and Rebecca Ferguson. They’re also joined by some new faces including Léa Seydoux, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Austin Butler as the villainous Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.
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