Dune: Part Two' Release Date Gets Pushed Up After SAG-AFTRA Strike Ends

Dune: Part 2 will be “more muscular” than 2021’s Dune, according to director Denis Villeneuve.Speaking to Total Film Magazine, Villeneuve spoke about his upcoming sci-fi sequel, which is due to arrive in cinemas across the globe on March 1, 2024. Per Villeneuve, fans who were disappointed by the lack of action in 2021’s Dune should feel better about next year’s sequel.While the first Dune entry was more focused on building the world it is set in, Dune: Part 2 will see the repercussions of the events that transpired in Part 1.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Any movie fan who thought “Dune” was lacking on the action front will be happy with the upcoming sequel, at least according to director Denis Villeneuve. In a new interview with Total Film magazine, Villeneuve touted the 2024 sequel as “more muscular” than the first installment that hit theaters and Max in 2021. “The first movie was more meditative and contemplative.

Florence Pugh was left shocked as she was hit in the face by an object thrown from the crowd during a “Dune: Part Two” panel at Comic-Con in São Paolo, Brazil, on Sunday.The incident took place when Pugh, 27, stood alongside her co-stars Timothée Chalamat, Austin Butler, Zendaya and more as they posed for photographs close to the edge of the stage.The unidentified object appeared to come from the audience above and landed directly on Pugh’s eye, according to a social media video. As she exclaimed “Ow,” Chalamat, Butler, 32, and Zendaya, 27, all looked to the floor to see what it was.The “Wonka” actor, 27, for his part, appeared to lean over and ask “Are you okay?” to Pugh.Prior to the moment, the “Oppenheimer” actress appeared to be in good spirits with the rest of the cast.“I had an amazing time coming in and just hanging around with these people, let alone actually getting to work with them,” she said.

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Ellise Shafer “Wonka” director Paul King has been open about what drew him to cast Timothée Chalamet as a young version of the whimsical chocolatier: his YouTube videos from when he was in high school. Any Chalamet fan knows that several videos exist online of the actor singing and dancing pre-fame, including a rap song devoted to the art of statistics and a passionate talent show performance of Nicki Minaj’s “Roman’s Revenge.” In an interview with Rolling Stone in July, King admitted that watching the videos was all he needed to cast Chalamet.

Dune: Part 2 is now set to arrive earlier in 2024 than first thought.The film was first pushed back to next year in August with Warner Bros. announcing that the film would no longer be released in November as originally expected.The official Dune X/Twitter page changed its profile and header pictures, reflecting its release date which was first set to March 15.

UPDATED, 11:07 AM: Dune: Part Two is just a little bit closer now. Warner Bros said today that Denis Villeneuve’s sequel starring Timothée Chalamet will open March 1, two weeks earlier that planned.

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John Oliver started off Last Week Tonight talking about the SAG-AFTRA strike ending but then questioning if movies were still needed.

Timothée Chalamet got another turn at hosting Saturday Night Live for the second time and acknowledged the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike during his monologue.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Saturday Night Live” host Timothée Chalamet took full advantage of his ability to promote his latest movie, the upcoming movie musical, “Wonka,” following the conclusion of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike, which had prohibited actors from promoting any work for the studios.

The actors are set to vote on the tentative agreement with the studios after the SAG-AFTRA national board approved the deal.

Fran Drescher, the union’s president, has not only secured tentatively a historic three-year deal with studios but also garnered praise from some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Among them, George Clooney who expressed sheer astonishment at the deal.

Caroline Brew editor “Willy Wonka, Wonka,” Timothée Chalamet blurts out, interrupting Bowen Yang in a promo for the “Saturday Night Live” show he is hosting this week. The reason why? “Sorry, the actors strike just ended, I can finally promote my movie,” he explains. The historic 118-day strike ended at 12:01 a.m.

Sydney Sweeney is back on set just hours after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Seth Meyers is congratulating actors after SAG-AFTRA made a deal with the studios to bring their 118-day strike to an end.

in the person of its president, Fran Drescher) and the major Hollywood studios (AMPTP). It’s a rinse-and-repeat following on the heels of the writers’ guild (WGA), which ended its strike in early October after five months as TV scribes headed back to their writers rooms to crank out late-night monologues or plan for new episodes of their series.“I’m thrilled it’s over,” former “Parks and Recreation” co-star Jim O’Heir told me from Kansas City, where he’s starring in a play (“Catch Me If You Can”) during his strike-enforced downtime from television.

The SAG-AFTRA strike is finally over after 118 days.

The six-month production shutdown due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes is officially over today, and TV studios are not wasting a minute, with TV series — mainly returning broadcast shows going into full prep immediately.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The Merc With a Mouth can speak again.