![]() There’s even a quick glance at Sharon Duncan-Brewster, who plays the key character Liet-Kynes. “Dune” has a truly stellar cast, and many of them are spotted here, including Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and Rebecca Ferguson. The trailer promises some more human moments, too. ![]() A montage of fast-paced action, set to a Hans Zimmer arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse,” includes Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) demolishing a room of his opponents with signature Jason Momoa flair. “They’re picking my family off one by one,” Paul says desperately.Ī rolling desert, soaring ornithopters, and massive sandcrawler-esque machines show the truly epic scale of this film. Massive armies, a terrifyingly pasty Dave Bautista (a far cry from his blue Drax), and a shadowy Stellan Skarsgård illustrate just how hostile Arrakis will be. Here, viewers get a glimpse of the film’s villains: the rival House Harkonnen. “Arrakis is a deathtrap,” intones the Reverend Mother, and she means it in more ways than one. The second half of the trailer shows House Atreides moving to Arrakis, the arid desert planet also known as Dune. ![]() The original “Dune” novel likely was a major source of inspiration for the original “Star Wars” movies - it’s fitting that “Star Wars” would serve as inspiration for the “Dune” film almost 50 years later. There is a brief shot of Paul gazing into the Caladan sunset, evoking the classic binary sunset scene from “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.” Like Luke Skywalker, Paul Atreides is on the edge of something greater than himself. “Now you must learn to rule others - something none of your ancestors learned.” “You have proven you can rule yourself,” she says. In a montage of scenes on the Atreides’ home planet of Caladan (filmed on the Norwegian peninsula Stadlandet), the Reverend Mother establishes Paul’s upcoming journey in voice-over. She puts Paul through a perverse test of willpower - he must put his hand in a box that will cause him excruciating pain, but if he removes it, he dies. These prescient visions suddenly shift to a coming war, as Paul describes what he’s witnessed in an exchange with an eerily veiled figure called the Reverend Mother (Charlotte Rampling). The trailer begins with shots of sunlight and sand, as a dreaming Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) shares an intimate moment with his apparent love interest, Chani (Zendaya). The first look into this unique world of sand and spice is over 3 minutes - and it gives viewers a lot to think about. With blockbuster hits like “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049” already under his belt, few could dispute that Villeneuve is the right man to co-write and direct the next great science fiction film.Īudiences have been yearning for a “Dune” trailer ever since a tantalizing image of the iconic Timothée Chalamet brooding on a beach with spaceships in the background was released. For Denis Villeneuve, the third time may be the charm. A dense read, “Dune” grapples with themes of politics, leadership, and environmentalism, all wrapped up in the hero’s journey of its protagonist, Paul Atreides.ĭespite attempts in the form of David Lynch’s 1984 film adaptation and a SyFy miniseries in 2000, no one has been able to create a “Dune” adaptation that sticks. Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel kicked off an epic saga and is regarded as a classic in its genre. It is often said that “Dune” is to science fiction what “The Lord of the Rings” is to fantasy.
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