Tim Blake Nelson Joins Dune: Part 2 Cast!
With films like Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune—the first half of his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s all-time classic science fiction novel about the various houses of a far-off society fighting for control of the planet Arrakis that contains Spice, the element required for interstellar travel—Denis Villeneuve has subtly established himself as the king of the current wave of science fiction films. According to recent casting news, Tim Blake Nelson has recently joined Villeneuve’s second film, Dune: Part 2.
The movie had recently completed its proper post-production in December 2022, and The Hollywood Reporter provided an update on the casting news with the information arriving after the movie’s scheduled November 3, 2023 release date.
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Tim Blake Nelson, a Coen Brothers mainstay and the antagonist from Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, will join the cast in the second act of Villeneuve’s highly lauded adaptation of the Frank Herbert classic, which also stars Florence Pugh (Little Women, Black Widow), Austin Butler (Elvis), Léa Seydoux (The French Dispatch), and Christopher Walken (Batman Returns), among other recently announced actors. With a $400 million global box office haul after its October 22, 2021, release, Dune received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and took home six of them.
Tim Blake Nelson has been cast in ‘DUNE 2’.
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David Lynch’s 1984 film adaptation of the 1965 book failed to take off for several reasons, including that it condensed a vastly comprehensive book into the time allotted for a single feature picture and that the target audience was starved for science fiction in the Star Wars mold.
Over the years, several attempts have been made, including a miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel (before it became SyFy. Still, it wasn’t until Denis Villeneuve entered the picture that spectators saw a faithful adaptation of the book. The first person to try his hand at Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, Jon Spaihts, collaborated with Villeneuve on the screenplay for the movie.
The plot of the book Dune centers on the conflict over the desert planet Arrakis, home to the Fremen tribe and a race of enormous cosmic sandworms that generate mélange, a spice that is necessary for interstellar travel. The emperor deposes House Harkonnen, a ruthless autocracy, and replaces them with House Atreides as rulers of Arrakis.
Duke Leto Atreides is killed by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who also drives his son Paul and his mother Jessica, a space witch known as a Bene Gesserit, from their home. They eventually join the Fremen in their quest to overthrow the harsh Harkonnen government and retake the world. If you find this interesting, please forward it to your friends. Visit Newswatchlist.com for the most up-to-date and recent celebrity news.