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Tim Blake Nelson is the newest addition to the cast of Dune: Part Two, Deadline can confirm.  Details as to the character he’ll be playing in the film, which wrapped production late last year, are under wraps. But he’s set to star alongside such fellow newcomers to the franchise as Florence Pugh…

Roll up, roll up, it’s our annual list of U.S. and international movies that could have festivals (and audiences) salivating in 2023. As ever, two of our main criteria are that the project is already in production and hasn’t yet been declared for a festival. This isn’t an exhaustive list but a healthy…

Production for Dune: Part Two has wrapped, according to Timothée Chalamet. The actor, who plays Paul Atreides in the sci-fi film shared a photo on Instagram from a desert location alongside his father Marc Chalamet. “DUNE 2 WRAPPED (with desert dad !!),” he captioned the post. View…

Warner Bros has shifted the release date by two weeks next year for Dune: Part Two going from Nov. 17 to Nov. 3 and still hanging onto Imax screens for the Denis Villeneuve directed sequel. The news comes as Disney/Marvel’s Blade evacuates the first weekend of November for Sept. 2024. Dune 2 stands…

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…

Deadline has confirmed local reports out of Italy that Legendary Entertainment’s Dune: Part Two is pre-shooting in Altivole, Italy in the Veneto region as early as tomorrow for two days. Full-on production with a bulk of the cast returning is scheduled for July 21 in Budapest, Hungary, which is where the 2021 title…

We gotta wait a little while longer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two as Warner Bros has moved the Legendary film from Oct. 20, 2023 to Nov. 17, 2023. The new release date for Dune: Part Two has been a traditional launch pad for Warner Bros. having opened many Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies in that…

EXCLUSIVE: Striking while the iron’s hot following her acclaimed performances at the Cannes Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve has tapped Léa Seydoux play Lady Margot in Warner Bros. and Legendary's Dune: Part Two. Seydoux is in negotiations and will join the all-star ensemble that includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Elvis star Austin Butler is in negotiations to play Feyd-Rautha in Warner Bros and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two. Florence Pugh is also in negotiations to join the all-star ensemble with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin expected to reprise their roles. Director, producer and…

With Dune: Part One in the home stretch of its award-season campaign, Warner Bros and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two is ramping up its pre-production efforts, with sources telling Deadline that Florence Pugh is in negotiations to join the cast. While not confirmed, sources say she will play Princess Irulan Corrino, the…

In what comes as no surprise, the sequel for Dune finally has been greenlighted for an October 20, 2023 theatrical release with director, producer and co-screenwriter Denis Villeneuve returning. The key word here is theatrical. We understand that a key point of negotiations between Legendary and Warner Bros was that Du…