A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

I believe James is referring to my boyfriend TChalz

he's about the only star who can play a teenage boy right now? very unsurprising casting

I grew to not hate chalamet in that Henry V thing

every time I see him I'm envious of his springlike mobility, it makes me feel so much more tired by comparison, and I'm not that much older than him

I watched Tenet tonight and there was a trailer for the trailer before the movie lmao

I’m super frustrated that COVID is going to most likely keep this from being a date night movie for us. It’s totally up our alley and we’re obviously long overdue to just go out and see a film without dragging the kid along, but instead, you know, the usual mom and dad trapped in the house shit that we’ve been doing for six months.

Sorry, this probably belongs in one of the COVID threads or some “first world white people problems” topic.

Some promo shots

Stilgar, the voice of the Fremen. #DuneMovie pic.twitter.com/QbkcONvBV4

— ⊃∪∩⪽ (@DuneNews) September 1, 2020

Lady Jessica and Duke Leto. #DuneMovie pic.twitter.com/2Zik6thtb2

— ⊃∪∩⪽ (@DuneNews) September 1, 2020

Wow pic.twitter.com/cJExzO8Alu

— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) September 1, 2020

As well as the covers from a couple of days back

First official look at EMPIRE magazine covers of DUNE. pic.twitter.com/ent07XKyhp

— ⊃∪∩⪽ (@DuneNews) August 28, 2020

Is this going to be really really long?

Two part movie and a tv show, so yeah

Ah, didn't realise it was a two parter.

My older daughter has a thing for Timothy Chalamet, but I wonder if his presence will be enough to pull her into this nerd morass.

We (almost) got a thing:

Trailer tomorrow. #DuneMovie pic.twitter.com/6xulWsrpUr

— DUNE (@dunemovie) September 8, 2020

lol at the trailer for the trailer

They showed all the best bits of the trailer!

I’m just glad the music isn’t full on BRAAAAAM.
We better have wormsign tomorrow

not really a big fan of how they took an already white-folks-heavy cast and then washed everyone’s faces out for this pre-trailer so it looks like they’re all literally the same shade as chalamet

I haaaaate Chalamet. His voice alone has un-sold me on this.

Surprised to see Zach Galifinakis working again.

not really a big fan of how they took an already white-folks-heavy cast and then washed everyone’s faces out for this pre-trailer so it looks like they’re all literally the same shade as chalamet

can I blame Annie Leibovitz for this

Annnnd we got trailer.

Someone once said, “he who controls the spice controls when the Dune trailer drops.” We control the spice.

This is the EXCLUSIVE look at the #DuneMovie trailer. pic.twitter.com/38TcAtWnAp

— Twitter Movies (@TwitterMovies) September 9, 2020

...I was not expecting the Pink Floyd cover, and I am not joking.

tweet that still applies from yesterday:

mfw Dune trailer releases tomorrow pic.twitter.com/CaiM39tJWy

— dune opinions account (@fellawhomstdve) September 8, 2020

i am looking forward to this but i wish it wasn't so damn dark and dreary looking. like a big grey slab.

not sure i can handle two hours of meaningful chalamet stares

probably marks me as naive, but I was honestly not expecting so much fanservice, even in a trailer!

yeah i imagine that Floyd cover was a nod to Jodorowsky's Dune, huh.

I kinda appreciate how we finally get ornithopters that actually LOOK like ornithopters, in my mind.

dragonflies and worm do look good.

looks very....brown

Ween would have been more appropriate than Floyd

They at least evaded the problem the DeLaurentis production had with footage of sandworms deemed pornographic.

Honestly, it still seems too indebted to the 1984 release. Like Deneuve's 2049, a depopulated version of the original. I honestly don't know how one could honor the innovations of Herbert to written sci-fi (a focus on ecology, an interest in non-Western human culture/history) without taking pretty strong detours from the source material, and this isn't that.

it's only part one lads

he's going to hobbit this mfer

unless it flops / doesn't hit hard enough

Aren't they filming this like LoR? All the live action for two films at once?

from a scan of the wiki page, doesn't seem that way.

it's gnna be five films, the middle three nothing but worm stuff back and forth, back and forth, the worms getting bigger and bigger

This looks pretty cool despite the muted color palette, but it will take a lot to outdo the Lynch version, warts and all.

whispering and pugs and eyebrows is all i ask

the middle three nothing but worm stuff back and forth, back and forth, the worms getting bigger and bigger

I was thinking more like

https://www.sagindie.org/media/MeAndYou-kids.jpg

[opening of Dune trailer]

[Arnold Schwarzenegger as Baron Harkonnen]: SPICE to meet you!

— 🐢 (@smashedmcdouble) September 9, 2020

Also I'm seriously envious Geoff Barrow didn't recognize the music:

That’s literally the worst trailer music I’ve ever heard...

What song is it?

It sounds like a gospel version of
The back street boys https://t.co/MXhY0QR9Ot

— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) September 9, 2020

music for trailer, DUNE 2: SARAUKAR DRIFT:

i've got a worm you can ride it if you learn / it's a nice worm
i'd give it to you if i could / kwisatz haderach

SARDAUKAR ffs

xxp lol he's not wrong

this looks pretty good to me, someone who has read the first dune book but isn't particularly invested in it and also really liked blade runner 2049

don't really like Villeneuve and blade runner 2049 was bad Imo but will watch the hell out of this

the shai-hulud looks good

i read dune #1 for the first time earlier this year and really enjoyed it while simultaneously thinking its just one of those books that if/when attempting to render it visually will just fundamentally always look & seem silly. That being said this looks pretty watchable and non-silly so I'm cautiously optimistic. Cant blame them for going super grim and monochromatic and somber bc theyve gotta fight against all that inherent silliness.

actually they don't have to and probably shouldn't but