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Production has begun on the Warner Bros/Legendary Entertainment film Dune: Part Two. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel has added Florence Pugh, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken, Austin Butler and Souheila Yacoub. They join returning cast members including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave…

Benicio del Toro paid tribute to James Caan at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday. "I call him The Dream," he said of his The Way of the Gun co-star, who died this week at age 82. "When I met him, I walked up to him and I said 'Mr Caan, it's an honor to be here working with you.' He said, 'You can…

Denis Villeneuve is adding another high-profile talent to an already-loaded cast as sources tell Deadline Christopher Walken is set to play the Emperor in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two. Walken joins the all-star ensemble that includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin, who are…

Disruption will continue to weigh on the international theatrical system as the Russia-Ukraine war drags on and well over half of China's theaters are shuttered in the latest Covid crackdown. Andrew Cripps, president, international theatrical distribution, Warner Bros Pictures, said that Russia — which is currently…

Before Dune wins any one of the 10 Oscars for which it’s nominated, filmmaker Denise Villeneuve is already in prep on the second half of the Frank Herbert classic. Oscar-nominated Dune producer Mary Parent already told us that a fall shoot is being eyed. The production is bound to return to Jordan, where Villeneuve…

Who’d have thought the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards would be such a good party? Community alum and host Yvette Nicole Brown kicked things off with great energy and a few genuinely funny jokes. There followed two genuinely engaging acceptance speeches from Ethan Tobman and François Audouy and then a genuinely…

The hot pre-ceremony topic among attendees of the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' controversial decision to pre-tape several artisan awards – including production design – and edit them into the live network broadcast. “Honestly, I think that the…

At Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event, Dune‘s Oscar-nominated producer Mary Parent said that “it will be the fall” when the sequel to the feature take of the Frank Herbert novel rolls cameras, “not the summer” as previously expected. The pic’s Oscar-nominated production designer Patrice Vermette…

While Hans Zimmer long ago established himself as one of cinema's most accomplished and influential composers, he’s continued in recent years to push boundaries and see what he can learn, finding the perfect opportunity to do so in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. On the sci-fi epic from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures…

Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures' Dune has hit a new milestone, crossing the $400M mark worldwide. Through Monday, the international box office cume is $292.3M with $107.8M from domestic for a an estimated global haul of $400.1M so far. The epic film starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac…

Dune cast member Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the voting members of the Film Academy. In a recent Twitter video, he saluted Legendary, Warner Bros., and “everybody” who recently secured Oscar noms for their work on the acclaimed Frank Herbert adaptation, in categories including editing, cinematography, score…

Javier Bardem and his wife Penelope Cruz were both nominated for Academy Awards on Tuesday, the former for Best Lead Actor in Amazon’s Being the Ricardos, and the latter for Best Lead Actress for her role in Parallel Mothers. Also nominated for Best Lead Actress is Bardem’s costar Nicole Kidman, for her portrayal of…