Browsing: Dune

It’s been an exciting week for casting news for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune adaptation at Legendary Pictures, with Harkonnen, Atreides, and Fremen being named. Today, it’s news that Javier Bardem will be playing Fremen leader Stligar, who becomes one of the most trusted Arrakis persons in Paul Atreides/Muad Dib (Timothee Chalamet) Fedaykin circle. So far, Villeneuve’s Dune has a pretty impressive […]

Things are finally gearing up production-wise for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation for Legendary Pictures. Casting is nearing completion (we think), and star Timothée Chalamet had some interesting things to say about the Arrakeen saga. Chalamet, two-time Oscar nominee, will be playing Paul Atreides aka Usul, aka Muad Dib, the Kwisatz Haderach of the Bene Gesserit […]

It would appear that the role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune adaptation for Legendary Pictures may be filled. According to our friends over at Collider, “multiple sources” have confirmed to them that Zendaya is being eyed for the role of the young Fremen warrior who catches the eye of Paul Atreides. Zendaya is a […]

AND FOR THE FATHER….NOTHING. We’ve been talking a lot recently about who we’d like to see take on the role of Caladan’s Duke Leto Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune adaptation for Legendary Pictures, and it seems like it may just be Oscar Isaac. According to Variety, Issac has entered “talks” (read: negotiations) to join the […]

Things are moving faster than a Spacing Guild highliner over at Legendary Pictures for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction work, Dune. Some of the main cast has been assembled to head to Arrakis; minus some pretty big roles- Duke Leto Atreides, Stilgar, Chani, the rest of the Atreides household, the Mentants, etc.- you get […]

Legendary Pictures upcoming Dune adaptation from two-time Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve is finalizing the cast list with another important addition, the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Truthsayer to the Paddishaw Emperor Shaddam IV. It would appear that Charlotte Rampling (OBE) will be playing the Bene Gesserit who comes to Caladan to test Paul Atreides (played this time by Oscar nominee Timothée […]

It would appear that Denis Villenueve’s upcoming adaptation of Dune for Legendary Pictures has cast their villainous Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stellan Skarsgård will take on the role of the patriarch of the Giedi Prime House, the “floating fat man” himself, Baron Harkonnen. Obviously we don’t know what type of effects (practical or CGI) […]

According to multiple sources, Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune reboot for Legendary Pictures just landed a former Replicant- Dave Bautista. Bautista worked with Villeneuve on Blade Runner: 2049, and we’re pretty darn excited to find out what side of the Arrakis saga he ends up on. Could be possibly be a Harkonnen? The Beast Rabban maybe? Or what about a Fremen, […]

Sounds like things are moving along on Legendary Pictures upcoming Dune reboot project with director Denis Villeneuve, with one or two notable updates. The first being that it appears cinematographer and longtime Villeneuve collaborator Roger Deakins will NOT be the eye behind the lense on this project. Deakins picked up an Oscar for his most recent collab […]

How well do you know “Dune” characters, and do you think you could accurately rank them by levels of importance to the story? This is what Brian Herbert, son of “Dune” author Frank Herbert [and author in the Arrakis universe himself] asked fans about a week ago. Ranking of DUNE characters in order of importance […]