We have a whole post that gives away quite a few spoilers about the back half of Dune the novel, if you’re looking for a more detailed answer. Tim Blake Nelson is also in Dune: Part Two in an unannounced role. Léa Seydoux ( Crimes of the Future) will play Lady Margot. Oscar-winner Christopher Walken will also join the cast as Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, the ruler of the universe at the time of the story, and the father of Princess Irulan. Next up is another Oscar nominee, Austin Butler ( Elvis), who plays Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, the cruel and cunning nephew of Baron Harkonnen. Oscar nominee Florence Pugh ( Midsommar) joins the cast as Princess Irulan Corrino, a Bene Gesserit who will have a relationship with Paul. Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen Image: Warner Bros. Confirmed to return from Dune: Part One are Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, and Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam.ĭenis Villeneuve directed the sequel and co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. Will Denis Villeneuve and the original cast return for Dune 2?Īs we can see in the first trailer for Dune: Part Two, many of the characters from the original are back, along with many new faces. decided it was safer and more worthwhile to delay the movie than risk a media blackout if the strikes weren’t resolved by November. Since the cast has so many stars in it, and with the status of negotiations still murky, it seems that executives at Warner Bros. Under the conditions of the strike, no members of either guild would have been able to promote the movie at all. While this several-months long delay will push the movie into 2024, the decision will allow the movie’s stars and its writers to be part of its promotional cycle - as long as the AMPTP is able to agree to terms that fit the WGA and SAG demands. Then the studios delayed it a second time, due to the ongoing strikes against the AMPTP by the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment originally scheduled the film to premiere in October 2023, eventually delaying it to November. Unlike the first Dune from 2021, the sequel won’t stream from day one on HBO Max ( which will soon be known simply as Max). Dune: Part Two will debut in movie theaters on March 15, 2024.

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