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Bickendan · Sep 10, 2020

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Tuckerfan · Sep 11, 2020

Josh Brolin has a giant head.

Denis Villeneuve Explains Why Dune Had to Be Filmed in the Real World

When Denis Villeneuve was asked to direct an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, he had two requirements. One was that he wanted to divide the book into two movies—the other was that he wanted it to be as real as possible.

“I strongly believe that as human beings, what is around us has an impact on inspiration,” Villeneuve said. “The other condition that I had to shoot the movie was that I wanted to shoot in the real desert. My argument was, ‘They didn’t shoot Jaws in a swimming pool.’”

Villeneuve and several members of Dune’s cast sat down with Stephen Colbert for a virtual Q&A, which io9 and other media outlets sat in on. During the panel, Villeneuve discussed why he chose to film so much of the movie on location in Budapest, Hungary, and Jordan using real sets, instead of turning to giant greenscreen soundstages like so many movies do nowadays (according to Timothée Chalamet, who plays the lead character of Paul Atreides, only two of his scenes involved greenscreen). Villeneuve said that, much similar to Blade Runner 2049, he wanted the world of Dune to feel as real and tangible as possible for the actors, as well as the audience.

“The title is Dune. It needed to be in the real environment, so we would be inspired by the infinity—and the impact of those landscapes on the actors’ inspiration, and myself too,” he said. “When you are pushing on the camera button, you need the chaos of life. You need to recreate life in front of the camera in order to document reality. And most importantly, you need nature.

“Dune is about ecosystem, at the very core,” Villeneuve continued. “What I did learn about Dune is exploration of the life and the ecosystem and biosphere, and all the science that Frank Herbert put behind that is so beautiful, it’s so poetic. I think that in order to bring Dune to the screen, I had to be as close to nature as possible and to make Dune as close to us as possible. So when people will see the movie, they will be amazed by the power of the landscape... [and] most importantly, they will feel strangely at home.”

This is something that wasn’t lost on the actors. Zendaya, who plays Chani, called filming Dune a “magical experience” that brought her to a “completely different world.” Chalamet noted how being in Jordan made him feel like he was truly on the desert planet Arrakis—something echoed by Josh Brolin, who takes on the role of Gurley Halleck.

“There was something about being on the set of this film. Because it was in Jordan and because we were kind of in the elements the whole time—and because we were living through not only Frank Herbert’s but Denis Villeneuve’s imagination. There was something: It was like a behavioral blackout. It was like he sucked us in, you know? And we were at the beck and call of these people’s amazing imaginations,” Brolin said.

Oscar Isaac, who plays Paul’s father Duke Leto Atreides, also chimed in with his thoughts on the scale of the production. In short: It competes with Star Wars but pales in comparison to something else. Or should I say someone.

“I’ll just say that, you know, no set piece, no X-Wing, no Millennium Falcon could compare to the sheer scale of Josh Brolin’s head,” Isaac said, as everyone (including Brolin) laughed. “It was massive, both literally and figuratively. And it really made me feel like I was on an alien planet.”

Of course, there’s one other big reason why Villeneuve wanted to film Dune on location: to get to the heart of the film’s environmental message. Herbert’s original novel features themes of conservation and exploitation (like how corporations are keeping Arrakis from terraforming so they can continue harvesting spice), but the director is taking this one step further to comment on modern issues of climate change. He said the story of the Fremen adapting to the needs of their planet in order to survive is something we should be taking to heart—not just because it might save our planet but because eventually, we won’t have any choice.

“It’s a call for change,” Villeneuve said. “There’s a lot of changes that are happening in the world [over] the next decades, with climate change and all this. Maybe we need to change our ways of living, maybe we need to change our ways of dealing with nature and the world. And that takes a lot of courage and effort, and I think that Dune is a call for that.”

“Revolution, baby,” Isaac added.

Dune is set to arrive in theaters on December 18.
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Fisherman's Worf · Sep 11, 2020

I'm excited for this, but I should also probably get around to reading the book.

RickDeckard · Oct 28, 2020

Bump. I just finished the book. It was awesome.

The movie has been delayed due to COVID but the trailer looks awesome too.

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Tuckerfan · Jun 26, 2021

Dune delayed to October 22nd.

Tuckerfan · Jul 19, 2021

matthunter · Jul 19, 2021

What, out of interest, should a character poster do OTHER than show the face and the name of the individual? Cool backdrop? It's a fucking desert planet!

matthunter · Jul 19, 2021

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RickDeckard · Jul 21, 2021

The new trailer is out on Friday apparently.

Chaos Descending · Jul 21, 2021

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The new trailer is out on Friday apparently.

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I hear it's a "theater only" trailer.

Diacanu · Jul 21, 2021

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I hear it's a "theater only" trailer.
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Ah, bullshit, that shit always leaks.
Even if someone has to hide their phone up their ass in a plastic bag, it'll get out.

shootER · Jul 21, 2021

A friend of mine went to a 10-minute "special preview event" at a Drafthouse in Austin tonight.

His only Facebook comment on it so far:

Fisherman's Worf · Jul 22, 2021

I'm another two chapters into the book. By the time I finish, the movie might be released in a year.

RickDeckard · Jul 22, 2021

Here it is.

We Are Borg · Jul 22, 2021

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I'm another two chapters into the book. By the time I finish, the movie might be released in a year.
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You should kill yourself now, if only to save the agony of reading the most overrated sci-fi novel of all time.

Chaos Descending · Jul 22, 2021

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Here it is.

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OH YES!

Steal Your Face · Jul 22, 2021

I’m going into this mostly blind, but this looks epic.

Ten Lubak · Jul 22, 2021

Yeah I'll be seeing this

I've seen chatter that it will be split into two movies. I wonder where they'll do the split?

RickDeckard · Jul 22, 2021

Ten Lubak said: ↑

Yeah I'll be seeing this

I've seen chatter that it will be split into two movies. I wonder where they'll do the split?
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Apparently it stops just after Paul meets Stilgar.

They haven't filmed beyond that so we best hope it does well.

We Are Borg · Jul 22, 2021

In all seriousness, I'll be checking this out.

Although I stand by my opinion that Frank Herbert's book is one of the most overrated sci-fi novels of all time, the film's director and screenwriter, Denis Villeneuve, is full of awesome and win. In my opinion, he directed one of the top five sci-fi films of all time (Arrival).

Ten Lubak · Jul 22, 2021

Yeah Villeneuve is excellent - Bladerunner 2049 is a masterpiece, IMO. I think it's better than the original

Sicario was also very good

Guy knows what he's doing

RickDeckard · Aug 1, 2021

Tuckerfan · Aug 13, 2021

The Making of book is huge and comes with its own soundtrack.

Tuckerfan · Aug 17, 2021

RickDeckard · Aug 18, 2021

That sucks. Personally I won't be watching it anywhere other than on the big screen, preferably an IMAX.

I'm extremely pessimistic about there being a follow-up.

Tuckerfan · Sep 3, 2021

Sequel talks.

Dune's Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down His Big Plans for the Sequel and Beyond

io9's tagline is “We come from the future” and today we’re making good on that proclamation. We come from a future in which you’ve just seen Denis Villeneuve’s new adaptation of Dune and as the credits roll, your first thought is “When is part two coming?” (Don’t worry, no spoilers here.)

Since its inception, the director of Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 conceived his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s landmark sci-fi novel as a two-part saga. This first movie, which opens October 22, even begins with the title “Dune: Part One” to let you know this is only the beginning. So, when io9 sat down with other journalists to discuss all things Atreides, Arrakis, and more with the director, we had to ask the question everyone will be thinking after watching the film: “Just how quickly can we get part two in our eyeballs?”

“I would say that I would be fairly ready to go quite quickly now,” Villeneuve said, before clarifying further. “Quickly in [terms of] a movie of that size. You still need to make sets and costumes, we are talking about months.” Villeneuve explained that he couldn’t split Herbert’s story in two without a strong sense of where the continuation would go, so much of the heavy lifting in terms of story is already done. “When you make a movie in two parts...when you do the first part, you have to know what you’re going to do in the second part,” he said. “It has been mostly designed in a way that there’s a lot of elements that are [ready]...But if there’s enthusiasm and the movie is greenlit, sooner than later I will say that I will be ready to shoot 2022 for sure...I am ready to go and I would say that I would love to bring it to the screen as soon as possible.”

For Villeneuve though, there’s no real rush—film lives forever so he plans on taking his time with the sequel, assuming he gets to make it. “We know the first film I really had time to make sure that it was exactly the way I wanted it to be,” he said. “And I would love to have the same feeling when I make the second part. So that would be the priority. Quality will be the priority.”

With Dune still several weeks away from release, we won’t spoil exactly where or how the first film ends. But it’s not surprising to say the first film is very heavy on introducing the world of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), including planets like Arrakis, villains like the Harkonnen, and the most valuable substance in the galaxy, spice. “The tough task here was to introduce...the audience, to this world,” Villeneuve said. “To the codes, to the cultures, the different families, the different planets. Now, once this is done, it becomes an insane playground. So it will allow me to go berserk and really create.” He explained that, though he didn’t want to minimize this film, he imagines Dune Part One as an appetizer and Part Two as the main course. “As much Dune Part One was by far my most exciting project ever Dune Part Two is already getting me more even more excited,” he said.

Oh, and want to get more excited? While the director swears he’s focused solely on releasing Dune Part One and, hopefully, getting Dune Part Two made, he would love to follow that up with Herbert’s sequel, Dune Messiah. “I’m going to be very honest. I envisioned the adaptation of two books, Dune and Dune Messiah,” Villeneuve said. “I said okay, as a filmmaker [and] as a screenwriter I know how to do this. So we decided to split the first novel in two so now we are up to three movies. Those movies are very long to make. So for my mental sanity, I decided to just dream about three movies. After that, because I’m a big fan of all the novels, after that I’ll see where I am.”

“By the way, I’m not dreaming about Dune Messiah right now,” he clarified, “I’m focusing on launching Dune Part One, hoping there will be a part two, and that’s my main mission. And that’s enough. I mean, doing the first one was by far the most challenging thing I’ve ever done. And I think that we were able to bring it to life because me and the team just did that for two years and a half full time. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week we were dreaming about Dune Part One.”

Which brings us back to that first question. If Dune Part One is a hit and Dune Part Two is quickly greenlit, Villeneuve says he’ll be ready to shoot in 2022. And while the first film took two and a half years of nonstop work, this “berserk” sequel already has some of that legwork completed. It seems plausible Paul Atreides could, potentially, be back in theaters by 2024, if all goes to plan. Thankfully, Dune Part One is so densely packed with greatness, that should be just enough time to digest it all.

Dune opens in theaters, and on HBO Max, October 22.
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Positive review.

RickDeckard · Sep 4, 2021

I've read couple of 5 star reviews and one other which was less enthusiastic.

Minsc&Boo · Sep 4, 2021

Hbomax series

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