Dune Part 2 trailer – First take a look at Austin Butler and Florence Pugh

May 04, 2023 at 3:08 AM
Dune Part 2 trailer – First take a look at Austin Butler and Florence Pugh

Dune Part 2 will hit cinemas on November 3 this 12 months, finishing Denis Villeneuve’s epic Hollywood adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic novel.

As conflict builds, Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Aterides will full his transformation into probably the most highly effective man within the universe, with Zendaya because the Fremen warrior Chani by his facet.

Rebecca Ferguson returns as his mom, Lady Jessica, alongside Josh Brolin’s loyal warrior Gurney Halleck and Javier Bardem’s Fremen chief Stilgar.

Their enemies are again in full drive with Stellan Skarsgard’s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and his brutish nephew Glossu Rabban.

But there are additionally a bunch of brand-new characters from the books that followers have been determined to see delivered to life.

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The Harkonnen’s evil plans will probably be bolstered by the baron’s different nephew, with Elvis star Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, within the function infamously performed by Sting in tiny gold pants within the 1984 large display model. A shocking shot within the trailer provides a glimpse of his climactic confrontation with Paul from the books.

Only one essential participant remains to be lacking. We will lastly get to see Christopher Walken because the manipulative Emperor Shaddam IV within the movie, however his look remains to be being held again for now. However, his daughter Princess Irulan, performed by Florence Pugh, makes a robust impression within the trailer and readers of the books know she will probably be a serious rival (of kinds) to Chani.

Another star additionally makes her debut within the franchise, in a job that has been considerably expanded from the books.

Bond star Lea Seydoux performs Lady Margot, a Bene Gesserit who has a serious function on the Emperor’s court docket. She seems in Frank Herbert’s 1964 novel however has a far bigger function within the Prelude to Dune trilogy. Missing from the 1984 movie, early revelations have confirmed that her involvement in all of the Bene Gesserit wheelings and dealings has been beefed up for Dune Part Two.

As earlier than, Charlotte Rampling additionally returns as Margot’s mistress, the spider on the centre of the net, the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam.

The trailer reveals all of the items transferring into place, with Paul first driving one among Arrakis’ sand worms earlier than taking his place on the head of the Fremen armies.

The books have at all times explored Paul’s personal doubts about turning into a messianic chief for a miraculous jihad that can rage throughout the identified galaxy, and Dune Part 1 already hinted at it through the scene between Paul and his mom when they’re buried within the sand after escaping the Harkonnen bloodbath.

In the brand new trailer, Jessica, now reworked by means of spice, tells him: “We gave them something to hope for,” and he screams again, “That’s not hope!”

Fan hopes, nonetheless, are sky-high that Villeneuve will ship a triumphant finale that some readers of the books have been ready a long time for.

DUNE PART IS OUT IN UK AND US CINEMAS ON NOVEMBER 3.