'Dune' Covers Entertainment Weekly

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The Stars Align. After impressing audiences separately in recent years, @RealChalamet and @Zendaya get to team up in Denis Villeneuve’s epic #DuneMovie. Go inside the new film and the bonds built on set: https://t.co/mTmfWXIgAt Story by @cmholub pic.twitter.com/whZCt3CIVL
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 13, 2021

Entertainment Weekly talks up Dune in advance of its US release later this month. The photoshoot accompanying the article was shot on a tiny island just off the Lido during the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Some tidbits from the article:

• Denis Villeneuve signed on to direct Dune in January 2017. Timothée Chalamet, who had auditioned for Prisoners, knew this, was interested in playing Paul, and tried to make himself available to talk to Villeneuve on the 2017-2018 awards circuit. Zendaya, who loved Prisoners, also aggressively pursued the role of Chani. For other roles, Villeneuve sought the actors out himself.
• All of the actors talk about how much they loved working with Villeneuve.
• Most of the scenes set in Arrakis were filmed in Abu Dhabi and Jordan's Wadi Rum.
• Other settings consisted of elaborate sets with minimal green screening to provide a sense of realism.
• Splitting it up into two parts allows for more showing and less exposition dumping, and makes the material more digestible.
• Villeneuve thinks that the world of Dune, created over 50 years ago and showing a world out of balance, is a good example of why citizens and politicians should be seeking to protect the environment and trusting scientists.
• Zendaya, who has limited screen time in part one, on a potential sequel: There's so much story left to be told. I would love to spend more time with these characters. I learned so much as an actress and became better just from that experience of being around Denis, watching him interact with his actors and run sets, and then seeing the way Javier works too. I also became wonderful friends with Timothée, who's now like my family I would say. We talk all the time about how fun it's gonna be if we get to do it. Selfishly, I want to do [a second film] to have fun and spend time with my friend.

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Getting #DuneMovie right meant director Denis Villeneuve needed a strong cast who could carry the epic adaptation. @RealChalamet, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, and @BardemAntarctic on the joy of answering the challenge: https://t.co/mTmfWXIgAt pic.twitter.com/Ksxf8K67DO
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 13, 2021

"Family" is a loaded concept in #DuneMovie, but among the cast, it’s all love. Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, and more take us inside filming and praise director Denis Villeneuve’s vision and leadership. https://t.co/mTmfWXIgAt pic.twitter.com/498sGTPQEz
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 13, 2021

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Final trailer. Dune is set for release in the US on October 22nd.

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