Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay he and Jon Spaihts wrote based on Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune , Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides (again played by Timothée Chalamet) as he unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
The big-screen epic also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem.
The Dune franchise is also exclusively heading to the small screen when Dune: Prophecy debuts on Max this fall. Ordered to series way back in June 2019 — before the streamer fka HBO Max had any name, and well ahead of Dune: Part One ‘s October 2021 release — Dune: Prophecy is intended to act as a companion series to the Dune films as it portrays the events of the Frank Herbert novels through the eyes of the Bene Gesserit, a mysterious order of women.
Drawing in part on the novel Sisterhood of Dune (written by Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson), the prequel series is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides.
The cast includes Olivia Williams ( Counterpart ) and Emily Watson ( Chernobyl ) as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit; Jodhi May ( The Witcher ) as Empress Natalya, a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin; Travis Fimmel ( Vikings ) as Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past; plus Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (History’s Knightfall ), Shalom Brune-Franklin (HBO Max’s The Tourist ), Aoife Hinds ( Normal People ), Chloe Lea ( Foundation ) and Faoileann Cunningham ( The Northman ).
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