Sci-Fi Dune

[Blitzkrieg]

Celluloid Gawd Christopher Nolan's next magnum opus, Denis Viileneuve's Dune & James Cameron's Avatar 2 will contest the technical categories at the 2021 Academy Awards. I don't think there has ever been a better lineup to square up for the top below the line categories in recent memory.

 

[harlequinade]

LOL don't be so sure maybe next year AMPAS announces they won't be giving out awards in technical categories awards at all

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Screenwriter Eric Roth Discusses ‘Dune,’ ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon,’ Writing For Kurosawa & Bringing New Life To ‘A Star Is Born’

You have your hand in two of the most anticipated upcoming films. What can you tell us about Dune?

Dune was a real challenge; Denis Villeneuve brought me on. I had done some little bits of stuff for him for Arrival, and we really love each other personally. I turned in a really long draft, which I think was pretty cumbersome to make within the budget. I think the ideas were great, and I think they used most of them, but that needed a good look. I think Denis has…brought in another writer to trim it out, and get back to the book in some respects, so I think it’s exciting.

 

[Iceman]

at this point I shouldn't be surprised.

5 bucks says Margot Robbie gets cast as Irulan.

Ha, no point holding back now.

 

[Iceman]

This movie feels more and more like a big event.

Especially after having seen Timothee in "Beautiful Boy"- incredible and moving. A big fan of his.

But it's all the talent they are gathering for 'Dune'

Timothée!

I was really hoping Villeneuve would get a project like this, and it seems like he is being backed with a stellar cast. So much potential here.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Great release date for it over Thanksgiving. Don't think there's really any competition for that November so far. It's theirs to lose.

 

[David H.]

Is Scorsese’s mythical-deconstruction western coming out next year too?

Can I just skip 2019?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Can I just skip 2019?

 

[Pink Ranger]

5 bucks says Margot Robbie gets cast as Irulan.

"Yet that princess shall have no more of me than my name. No child of mine nor touch nor softness of glance, nor any instance of desire."

"Brah! WTF?! You be trippin', dawg!"

~A Denis Villeneuve Film~

 

[James.B]

Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Film Adds ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Actor David Dastmalchian

Actor David Dastmalchian, who has appeared in films such as The Dark Knight, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Netflix’s Bird Box, has been cast to play Piter De Vries in Dune

Piter De Vries is a twisted Mentat, a human trained to perform mental functions rivaling computers.

 

[Web-Head]

Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Film Adds ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Actor David Dastmalchian

Nice. He's worked with Villeneuve a few times now

 

[Deck Rickard]

Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Film Adds ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Actor David Dastmalchian

Dude gets around.

 

[Pink Ranger]

If Villenueve is casting some of his regulars then I wouldn't mind seeing David Dastmalchian in this. He randomly popped up in Birdbox.

Pieter DeVries?

Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Film Adds ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Actor David Dastmalchian

We called it! Or did we cause it? Clearly, we are in possession of an awesome power in this thread.

 

[Manasrepublic]

Who should be cast as Feyd... lovely Feyd...

How about John Cena. Seeing Tim Chalomet facing off against John Cena would make the audience really wonder how will Paul win?

 

[Sithborg]

Feyd is not much older than Paul.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I want Ezra Miller for Feyd. He’d be perfect, and it also might keep him from playing the Flash again. It’s a win-win, lol.

 

[Schlosser85]

Feyd is who I’m most curious to see. And Emperor Shaddam.

 

[Manasrepublic]

Will they parade Feyd in some spectacular plastic & rubber Y-winged fronts? That would be a sight to behold.

That bit from the 80s film was certainly a master class error in costume design

 

[Closerframe]

Denis never disappoints when it comes to casting. I’m just worried this will become another large budget passion project that’ll not be accepted by the general audience—I hope I’m wrong.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Who should be cast as Feyd... lovely Feyd...

How about John Cena. Seeing Tim Chalomet facing off against John Cena would make the audience really wonder how will Paul win?

I have no issue with Feyd being a bit older and filled out than Paul, helps with the traditional Paul-as-underdog status. But Cena is way old, it's showing in his face now, like he could be Paul's dad. Take any good young Cobra-Kai-looking actor and feed him creatine instead.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah, Cena is wayyyy too old.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Yeah, Cena is wayyyy too old.

Other than that...

 

[Pink Ranger]

Other than that...

Feyd is basically the John Cena of the Dune universe. He's the favoured champion of a bloated bisexual sexual pervert who likes bodybuilders way too much, and he's in a lot of fixed fighting matches so the masses will think of him as a hero.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I didn't know that John Cena is like that.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Dastmalchian as Piter is interesting. He can bring peculiar and intense performance without chewing a scene. Denis keeps the tradition of casting him in roles that die horrible death.