Denis Villeneuve
Box Office: ‘Dune 2’ Delivers on Promise With Big $81.5M Domestic Opening
Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two has delivered on its promise to reenergize the box office after a terrible early winter. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel — sporting an A-list cast led by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya — opened to an estimated $81.5 million in North America this weekend, double the first film and the biggest […]
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Denis Villeneuve Talks ‘Dune 2’ and Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Still Keeps Him Up at Night
You’d be hard-pressed to find a filmmaker who has put together a finer body of work than Denis Villeneuve has since making his U.S. debut in 2013. From the mold-breaking thrillers of Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario to a murderers’ row of sci-fi films including Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and Dune, the French Canadian director’s films […]
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Box Office: ‘Dune 2’ Dashes to Early $7.6M Overseas
Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited Dune: Part Two is off to a promising start at the foreign box office, where it opened to $5.2 million on Wednesday from its first 13 markets. Including previews, the running foreign tally is $7.6 million. The Legendary and Warner Bros. film will debut in a raft of additional countries today before […]
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Why Denis Villeneuve Kept Anya Taylor-Joy’s ‘Dune: Part Two’ Casting a Secret: “Hollywood Is the Most Gossipy Town on Earth”
At Dune: Part Two‘s London world premiere earlier this month, Anya Taylor-Joy made waves when she walked the red carpet alongside the cast, confirming an online rumor that she had a secret role in the film. Taylor-Joy again made an appearance at the New York premiere on Sunday night, as writer-director Denis Villeneuve revealed why […]
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Two New ‘Dune’ Books Offer Intimate Glimpse (and Never-Before-Seen Photos) From Set of Hit Sci-Fi Film
Just in time for the theatrical premiere of Dune: Part Two, publisher Insight Editions is dropping a stunning hardcover tome that details the making of director Denis Villeneuve’s new film. Titled The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Two, the 240-page book features exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and details into the making of Dune: Part Two, with […]
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve’s Gorgeous but Limited Sequel
The second film also features returning stars Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, as well as fresh faces Austin Butler and Florence Pugh.
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Anya-Taylor Joy’s Secret ‘Dune 2’ Role Confirmed
Well, it seems that the cat is out of the bag — or better yet, the giant spaceworm of a secret about Dune: Part Two has burst forth from the sand. On Thursday, online rumors of Anya Taylor-Joy’s secret role in the Dune sequel were confirmed after she spoke in London of the hotly anticipated […]
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Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh Shimmer Against the Sand at ‘Dune: Part Two’ World Premiere in London
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two has finally arrived. The cast, with glittering new additions Austin Butler and Florence Pugh joining original stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, descended on London’s Leicester Square — sans the blue contact lenses — on Thursday night. Aptly, the remnants of a sandstorm covered the red carpet at one of the […]
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Zendaya Says She Would “Of Course” Return for ‘Dune 3’: “Anytime Denis [Villeneuve] Calls It’s a Yes”
With Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune: Part Two, Zendaya has shared that she would totally be down to return for a third film in the franchise. During a cast interview with Fandango, posted online Friday, the Euphoria actress revealed she would “of course” reprise her role of Chani in a potential Dune Messiah film. “Would we […]
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Sets Rerelease in Imax to Promote Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Sequel
A big screen bromance is afoot. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will be released for one week in Imax screens later this month in the lead-up to the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Warner Bros. announced Thursday. The two filmmakers are big fans of one another, and Nolan was eager to help Villeneuve’s upcoming event […]
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Trailer Sees War Come to Arrakis
The third trailer for Dune: Part Two has been revealed and in the clip, we see an all-out war breakout on Arrakis. Anchoring the new trailer is the relationship between Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and Zendaya’s Chani as their love story underpins a lot of the action and also seeks to explain the leveling nature […]
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Florence Pugh Hit in the Face by Flying Object While Promoting ‘Dune: Part Two’ at CCXP in Brazil
Florence Pugh was hit in the face by a flying object during an appearance at CCXP 2023 on Sunday. The actress was onstage with her fellow Dune: Part Two stars when an object was thrown in her direction, seemingly from the audience, and hit her in the face, according to videos circulating online. In the […]
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