Dune 2 release date and everything else we know about Dune Part Two

Dune 2 release date and everything else nosotros know nigh Dune Part 2

Zendaya as Chani, Timothee Chalamet as Paul, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and Oscar Isaac as Leto in the poster for Dune — not all of them will return for Dune 2 aka Dune Part Two

(Image credit: Warner Pictures)

Spice-addicts have cause to celebrate every bit Dune two is confirmed, as Legendary Pictures broke the news that Dune Part Two is actually happening. Simply if you've seen Denis Villeneuve's Dune — and spoiler alert, we volition dig into that movie'southward ending — it was articulate that Dune Part Ii was coming.

The want to make Dune Part Ii had been there for a while. Villeneuve, at a screening attended by Tom's Guide staff, revealed that his intent is non only to make Dune two, only to follow that with Dune Messiah. The films would substantially be a trilogy.

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Dune two release engagement

Dune Part Two is scheduled for October 20, 2023, according to Borderline.

Villeneuve is already difficult at piece of work on the script. In an August 2021 interview with Total Movie, the director said "I'grand writing [Part Ii] at present, and I feel like I'yard 8 years sometime again ... That'due south very uncommon for me. It'southward the first fourth dimension I've experienced it where I'm watching 1 of my movies, and I have a moment of deep gratitude, of deep joy, and I say, 'Cheers, life, for having allowed me to bring that to the screen.'"

Dune Part Two artwork — (Image credit: Legendary Films via Twitter)

Dune Part 2 was confirmed on Twitter by Legendary Pictures' official account on Oct 26. It tweeted the above image, with the explanation "This is just the beginning... Thank you to those who have experienced @dunemovie so far, and those who are going in the days and weeks ahead. We're excited to continue the journey!"

Dune 2 cast and crew

Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in Dune — (Image credit: Warner Bros.)

In the tweet announcing Dune Part Two, Legendary tagged the below cast members in the photo (yous need to open up the tweet, click "Dune and 7 others", well-nigh confirming their render (which was already pretty predictable).

The only issue is that the tweet tagged two actors (David Dastmalchian equally Piter De Vries and Sharon Duncan-Brewster every bit Dr. Liet-Kynes) whose characters died in the beginning movie. Their characters could return in flashbacks in Dune Part Two, only it'south unsure.

Legendary also tagged Hans Zimmer, so nosotros can expect his booming score to return likewise.

There are 2 large casting decisions looming for Dune Part Two: Feyd-Rautha, Paul's adversary (Sting played him in David Lynch's Dune) and Alia, Paul's babe sister.

Once more, though, beware spoilers beneath, as the events of the rest of Dune and Dune Messiah come into play.

Timothée Chalamet every bit Paul Atreides
Zendaya every bit Chani
Dave Bautista equally Glossu Rabban, nephew of Baron Harkonnen
Javier Bardem as Stilgar, a leader of a Fremen tribe

Too wait Rebecca Ferguson to return as Paul'southward Bene Gesserit mother Lady Jessica. Stellan Skarsgård is also likely to render equally Businesswoman Vladimir Harkonnen. We wouldn't expect the deceased Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) to return, though flashbacks are e'er possible.

Jason Momoa could very well return as Duncan Idaho, as that grapheme does get brought back as a clone. Likewise, Josh Brolin is likely coming back as Gurney Halleck, as he wasn't really killed in the Harkonnens' raid on the Atreides castle on Arrakis. Thufir Hawat (Stephen McKinley Henderson) is also likely to return.

More characters from other Dune films may air current up existence bandage in due fourth dimension.

Dune two plot and story, and Dune ending explained

To talk about Dune Part Two, we must first look at what happened at the end of Dune. Paul and Jessica, on the run from the Harkonnens finally meet the Fremen, and so Paul tin finally meet Chani, who he has seen in his visions. They are led past Stilgar, who accepts the two. Fremen tribesman Jamis disagrees with the call, and duels Paul to the expiry — which Jamis loses.

This moment cannot go overlooked, as the voice in Paul'southward visions of his fight with Jamis said "Paul Atreides must die, for Kwisatz Haderach to ascension... When y'all have a life, you take your ain." While Paul may have been involved with the deaths of the men on the plane when he used The Voice to free his mother from the gag, Jamis was the first person that young Paul had killed in one-on-one gainsay, marker a loss of Paul'southward own humanity.

What comes next is the question of how Paul volition respond to the Fremens' devotion to him every bit a messianic figure. His visions of him and Chani suggest that he sees a future as their leader in their wars, but the Paul in the nowadays doesn't seem gear up for, or interested in such a path.

Meanwhile on Arrakis, Firm Harkonnen has things back under control. The Baron hands over command of the planet to his nephew Rabban, only will he be able to make plenty coin on the spice trade to brand upwardly for their contracts for the Sardaukar to fight their war for them.

Paul will eventually run across his new younger sister Alia and a new rival Feyd-Rautha, only nosotros'll save their details for another fourth dimension.

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