Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two (2024)

Timing: 2:47 (167 min)

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Release date

2024-02-27

Country

Canada, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Villeneuve Films

Genre

Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

Budget

$190 000 000

Revenue

$714 844 358

Website

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/dune-part-two

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Actors

Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson
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Scenario

Producer

Cale Boyter, Patrick McCormick, Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Thomas Tull, Herb Gains, Jon Spaihts, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt

Operator

Greig Fraser

Composer

Hans Zimmer

Artist

Stefanie Übelhör

Audition

Francine Maisler, Dixie Chassay

Editing

Joe Walker
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• It took 8 hours to apply makeup to Stellan Skarsgård before filming, and another 2 hours to remove it at the end of the shooting day. On shooting days, the actor did not drink liquids and took Imodium to avoid needing to use the restroom.
• For the role of Feyd-Rautha, actor Austin Butler gained over 11 kg of muscle mass.
• The Chakobsa language, spoken by the Fremen in Frank Herbert's books, is derived from Arabic, but includes elements of French and Greek, Romani, Slavic languages, as well as Hebrew and Sanskrit.
• Austin Butler (who played Feyd-Rautha) specifically trained to make his voice more similar to that of Stellan Skarsgård, who played Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
• Tufir Hawat and Count Casimir Fenring were played by Stephen Henderson and Tim Blake Nelson, respectively, but all scenes with these characters were cut during editing, and the actors received only special thanks in the end credits.
• Austin Butler drank coffee with Denis Villeneuve, who offered the actor the role of Feyd-Rautha without an audition. Butler trained in Budapest for four months under a physical training program developed by a former Marine.
• Director Denis Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser often chose filming locations in the desert because a specific dune caught Villeneuve's attention with its shape, or the sun shone exactly as needed for a particular scene. Strict discipline reigned among the filming crew to preserve the dunes untouched. During filming, it was only possible to walk along specially laid routes, and after filming, special personnel erased the traces of the film crew's presence from the dunes.
• It took 44 days to film the scene of riding on the back of a sandworm, and it was shot on a set measuring 27 and a half by just over 7 meters.
• Greig Fraser, the cinematographer for both parts of Denis Villeneuve's film, suggested filming scenes on the Harkonnen homeworld with infrared cameras to make the characters' skin appear translucent.
• Lady Jessica, played by Rebecca Ferguson, has a litany of the Bene Gesserit against fear tattooed on her face.
• Denis Villeneuve's films, released in 2021 ("Dune") and 2024 ("Dune: Part Two"), were not shot simultaneously, as is usually done, and the studio's approval for the second film largely depended on the success of the first, whose release on screens was significantly complicated by a fixed release date and the coronavirus pandemic. Either way, according to Denis Villeneuve, the film was liked by the production company Legendary Pictures, so the chances of a sequel were high. The official green light for filming the sequel was given on October 26, 2021, four days after the release of "Dune" in the American box office.
• The film was shot in the Jordanian desert. To transport all the necessary equipment, the filmmakers had to build nearly 29 km of roads and establish base camps.
• The sets from the first film were not used. All sets and decorations were built from scratch.
• Having drunk the Water of Life and survived, Jessica and Paul Atreides (played by Rebecca Ferguson and Timothée Chalamet) learn that they are, respectively, the daughter and grandson of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, played by Stellan Skarsgård. The film does not explain this circumstance, but the prequel novels to 'Dune' reveal that their mother and grandmother is Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam of the Bene Gesserit, played by Charlotte Rampling for Denis Villeneuve. She once had to bear his child for the purposes of a selective genetic program to produce the Kwisatz Haderach super-being. The Baron raped her, and Mohiam afflicted him with a terrible illness.
• Anya Taylor-Joy appeared on screen in an episodic role as Alia, Paul Atreides’ younger sister, in one of his visions (the actress’s surname is not even in the credits). Alia is a beloved character among fans of the original 'Dune' novel; she was born during Jessica and Paul's two-year stay among the Fremen. She was a telepathic infant with the mind of an adult woman, because Jessica drank the Water of Life. Denis Villeneuve shortened the two-year period from the source novel to several months in the film, so Alia is almost always just a voice from Jessica’s womb, communicating with her, and the actual birth of the child only occurs at the end of the film.
• Having drunk the Water of Life and survived, Jessica and Paul Atreides (played by Rebecca Ferguson and Timothée Chalamet, respectively) learn they are the daughter and grandson of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, played by Stellan Skarsgård. The film does not offer an explanation for this, but the prequel novels to 'Dune' reveal that their mother and grandmother is Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam of the Bene Gesserit, portrayed by Charlotte Rampling in Denis Villeneuve's film. She once had to bear a child by Vladimir Harkonnen for the purposes of a selective genetic program to produce the Kwisatz Haderach super-mind. The Baron raped her, and Mohiam cursed him with a terrible illness.