Dune (Denis Villeneuve, October 1, 2021) Movie • Page 53

nah they shouldve been producing them simultaneously and that date sucks

 

Yeah I'd be happy with that.

 

Denis said he's grateful it worked out the way it did, as he was exhausted at the end of the filming process for the first one; he had to run two different filming units, something he hasn't done before on a film, as there was so much work to do in the time they had

 

well im sure they couldve started producing and or filming part 2 while part 1 was in post. theres usually a bit of dead time before release.

 

Just here to celebrate. Considering reading the book for the first time in the next 2 years.

 

After he does Dune 2 I hope he does something smaller like Enemy or Prisoners before maybe doing Messiah

 

confirming a sequel will get more people to watch Part One so it's a win/win

 

Definitely going to go see this in theaters again now. I'm hyped.

 

Yep. And said they wouldn't give him the money after Blade Runner, but he's grateful it worked out this way. I can't imagine complaining about this, four days ago we were worried we'd even get it lol.

 

I don’t mind the 2 year wait

 

Surely this is a contender for Best Picture?

 

I’ll be shocked if this comes out in 2023, but I definitely want it to.

 

Would not be surprised if they have most/all of the script basically ready with all the COVID delay. I’d imagine it start’s shooting, what, next summer?

 

Part one was 3/2019-12/2020 before the COVID delays, so this is totally doable.

 

I'm sure the crew is pretty prepared to ramp up production again quickly. Excited this is happening, go Denis!

 

DESERT POWER

 

I imagine he wrote part 1 and 2 together, at least the skeleton of part 2

 

Considering the original plan was to shoot 1 and 2 back-to-back, I wouldn't be surprised if Denis had part 2 already fully scripted

 

If not it will 100% get nominated for its acting, special effects and sound.

 

I feel pretty comfortable saying cinematography, score, sound, visual effects and production design are all but locked up already.

 

I forgot cinematography, that has to be locked.

 

Unlikely. The academy is famously wary of nominating genre pieces like this. Plus, with how many indies, feel good films, and big studio projects like House of Gucci & West Side Story are getting attention right now, I doubt there'll be space in BP. But yeah - all the technical categories are on lock, and I can't imagine it not winning them.

 

I think the only fantasy film to ever win best picture was Return of the King. Not sure how the track record for sci-fi films.