Dune: Director Denis Villeneuve Teases The Upcoming Part Two

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Denis Villeneuve, known for critically acclaimed movies Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune, is now gearing up to start the production on Dune: Part Two, the anticipated sequel of last year’s epic sci-fi spectacle which was recently nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year.

In an interview with A.frame, the official news site of the Academy, Villeneuve already teased that the sequel is more cinematic, that he feels deeply inspired, and that he cannot wait to go back to work. You can check the full quote below:

“The second part of the story is definitely more cinematic, so there’s numbers of scenes that I can’t wait to attack. That’s my favorite part of the book, so it’s going to be a lot of fun – and I’m deeply inspired […] It’s different, because it’s like going back to a country where I know the language. I’m working mostly with the same crew, so it is going back to revisit old friends. Thank God the first part was a nice experience, so I don’t have to convince anyone to come back. Everybody is coming back with a big smile.” — Denis Villeneuve for A.frame

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Villeneuve also talked about Zendaya’s role in the sequel. Spider-Man and Euphoria star played Chani in the original movie. She spent only one week on the set on the first film, but Villeneuve promised that her role in the sequel will be expanded.

“I had so much fun working with her [Zendaya on the first film] that I decided to add more days and started to improvise things with her. I think she’s really a mesmerizing and really magnetic presence on camera. All of my cast were deeply committed and enjoyable and nice people. I had a huge cast and we were all waiting for the person that would be… how can I say [it]? The a**hole in the group. But – it didn’t happen!” — Denis Villeneuve for A.frame

Dune was released last October as the first part of the planned two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel of the same name. The movie grossed $400 million worldwide, and it didn’t take long for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures to announce Part Two, which is set to be released on October 20, 2023.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part One is starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.

Dune has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards. The award-giving ceremony will be held on March 27, 2022.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.