Reopen the spice supply! Although "Dune: Part Two" by Denis Villeneuve won't be out until November, the promotional train for the movie has already left the station.
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Prior to the release of the new trailer, Warner Bros. Pictures had already screened the first clips from the movie at CinemaCon 2023. Villeneuve was also invited to give an interview. He said that the second "Dune" film is not a sequel but a "second part" of the story by Frank Herbert.
The Dune: Part Two trailer promises that filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s sequel will deliver more action than his first installment. That’s a notion Villeneuve shared last week at CinemaCon when he showed off the first footage from the sequel.
“Part One is more of a contemplative movie. Part Two is an action-packed, epic war movie. It is much more dense. We went to all-new locations,” said Villeneuve. “I didn’t want a feeling of repetition. It’s all new sets. Everything is new.”
The trailer, however, gives everyone outside of CinemaCon attendees a first look at actual footage of the film. It gives us a glimpse of what's in store for Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), find themselves living with the Fremen on Arrakis after their rivals in House Harkonnen attacked them at the compound where Paul's father (Oscar Isaac) ruled over the planet for the Corrino Empire.
The trailer shows us Paul and Lady Jessica in a new life among the Fremen. We also get to see more of Zendaya's Chani, who along with "Dune: Part One" stars Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, and Stellan Skarsgard, are reprising their roles in the second film.
"Dune: Part Two" also introduces us to some new characters. We now finally get a glimpse of some of them in this trailer for the first time. Perhaps the most anticipated casting news was for the role of Feyd-Rautha. The vicious Harkonnen becomes Paul's biggest nemesis in the book.
Sting memorably played the role in David Fincher's adaptation. In Villeneuve's rendition, Austin Butler takes on the "Dune" character. He gives a performance that Villeneuve has described as "a cross between a psychotic, sociopath serial killer and Mick Jagger."
Other notable actors coming to the movie in notable roles include Christopher Walken as the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV. Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring, and Souheila Yacoub.
And perhaps most importantly, we'll also be getting some more sandworm riding in "Part Two," something that we only got a tease of at the very end of "Part One."
We can catch the sandworms as well as this stellar cast in action when "Dune: Part Two" premieres in theaters on November 3, 2023.
The first Dune came on HBO Max, and despite pandemic challenges still managed to bring in a strong $400 million at the box office. It was also an awards contender, taking home six Oscars and getting a nomination for best picture. Villeneuve says he is potentially interested in a third installment as well, based on Herbert’s Dune Messiah (1969), the second book in the series.
