Denis Villeneuve Doesn’t Think ‘Dune’ Would Have Been Made Without Timothée Chalamet

Timothee Chalamet is front and center in the official poster for Dune!

Jason Momoa is campaigning for a full length director’s cut of Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming Dune movie.The sci-fi epic, based on the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name, is due for release on October 22 in the UK.And the Game Of Thrones star is already calling for a four to six hour cut to be released.“It was a cool movie,” he told The New York Times.

Denis Villeneuve is one of the few filmmakers working today that is able to make huge blockbuster films that would firmly fall in the realm of “real cinema.” With features like “Blade Runner 2049” and the upcoming “Dune,” it appears that the filmmaker is able to take a massive budget and not just deliver thrills and suspense. He’s able to inject real emotion and substance in his popcorn flicks.

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After Matt Damon‘s Oscar-nominated performance for Ridley Scott‘s “The Martian,” the actor has reunited with Scott for the period thriller “The Last Duel.” The script has penned by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Nicole Holofcener.

The Last Duel.The film is directed by Ridley Scott, with Damon and Affleck credited as screenwriters. However, a third credit on the screenplay goes to Can You Ever Forgive Me? writer Nicole Holofcener.

Dune. I should know.

With the Cannes Film Festival in the rearview, the next big festival to focus on this fall will be the 78th Annual Venice Film Festival. Major films are already tipped to debut there, Denis Villeneuve‘s sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama “Spencer,” “Halloween Kills,” and new films by Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion.

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Filmmakers Denis Villeneuve and Alanis Obomsawin are among those being honoured at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.

Dune has just been released – check it out below.The upcoming sci-fi epic, based on the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name, is due for release this October.Dune stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, the son of a noble family tasked with protecting “the spice”, the most valuable substance in the universe found on the desert planet Arrakis.Rebecca Ferguson will play Paul’s mother Lady Jessica, while Duke Leto Atreides is portrayed by Oscar Isaac.

Diane Ademu-John is the new showrunner for HBO Max’s upcoming “Dune” spinoff TV series. She replaces Jon Spaihts, who left the project at the end of 2019 in order to focus on writing the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming big screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic.

The Toronto Film Festival said Thursday that Dune director Denis Villeneuve will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award and documentary filmmaker/activist Alanis Obomsawin the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media as part of the fest’s 2021 TIFF Tribute Awards. The annual awards will be presented during the run of the festival, which runs September 9-18.

Fans are getting an even better look at the world of “Dune”.

Filmmakers Denis Villeneuve and Alanis Obomsawin are among those being honored at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.TIFF co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey said Thursday that Villeneuve will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award and Obomsawin will be honored with the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media at the 2021 TIFF Tribute Awards.

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and documentary filmmaker, writer and singer Alanis Obomsawin are the first honorees to be announced for the 2021 TIFF Tribute Awards, Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, co-heads of TIFF, announced on Thursday. Obomsawin will be honored with the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media, while Villeneuve will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.

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Clayton Davis Filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve and documentary filmmaker, writer, singer and activist Alanis Obomsawin are the first two announced honorees for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Denis Villeneuve has waited a while to showcase his latest film to mainstream audiences. “Dune,” based on Frank Herbert‘s iconic series of novels, is a high-budget fantasy epic with an all-star cast starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, and Josh Brolin, just to name a few of the film’s stars right now.