{"id":15394,"date":"2020-09-11T18:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T01:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=15394"},"modified":"2020-09-14T18:06:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T01:06:20","slug":"dune-will-be-two-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/dune-will-be-two-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Turns Out &#8216;Dune&#8217; Is Really More Like &#8216;Dune: Part I&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost overnight, <em>Dune<\/em> went from being one of the most anticipated movies of the year from movie fans to one of the most intriguing even to more casual fans. The sprawling story of Frank Herbert&#8217;s classic sci-fi novel looks to finally be getting the movie adaptation it deserves. But how can director Denis Villeneuve pack such an epic story into one movie? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out, he&#8217;s not packing it into one movie at all. During the cast &amp; director Q&amp;A hosted by Stephen Colbert that Warner Bros. released with the trailer drop, Villeneuve revealed that the plan has been to make two movies all along. Villeneuve has always felt that the scope of Herbert&#8217;s story was too big to contain to one movie, so he didn&#8217;t even try. In fact, being allowed to do two movies was a condition of him agreeing to come on board the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The story is so rich and complex that, in order to be faithful to the book, we\u2019ll need to make at least two movies,&#8221; Villeneuve said. &#8220;That was a deal right at the start.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, he had one other stipulation: He wanted to be able to shoot on location. In order to capture the scale of Herbert&#8217;s story, only natural landscapes would work, he argued. &#8220;My argument was that they didn\u2019t shoot \u2018Jaws,\u2019 in a swimming pool,\u201d he said. \u201cThe title is <em>Dune<\/em> \u2014 we need to be in the real environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dune - Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXqxv7bmmY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, the giant sand planet of Arrakis is wild and untamed, a barren and desolate wasteland prowled by giant sandworms and harboring the universe&#8217;s most precious resource: the drug, spice. Shooting in the enormous, sprawling desert landscapes of Jordan enabled Villeneuve to capture the lawless, vast feeling required to understand the world. Though, as it turns out, working in that landscape wasn&#8217;t always the easiest thing, as co-star Jason Momoa, who plays revered fighter Duncan Idaho, attests. Playing Idaho meant he was often part of some of the most action-heavy sequences in the movie, and that involved running through sand. Lots and lots of sand. Spoilers: It sucked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I\u2019ve never run this much in my life. The sun was setting and so we had to get the shot. I had to run through this windstorm to Timoth\u00e9e, and I couldn\u2019t see where I was going. I just didn\u2019t want to fall on my face and I didn\u2019t want to disappoint [Villeneuve]. But I\u2019m not the best runner \u2026 and the amount of the chafing and the sweat that had built up, and I was like, I\u2019m not gonna give up, I\u2019m not gonna give up, but inside, I was crying like a little baby. There\u2019s no way I want to be the black sheep in this thing, man.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>But the entire cast had nothing but praise for Villeneuve&#8217;s vision and the way he frames his shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said Momoa, &#8220;I\u2019ve never worked with a director on this scale. Denis is a cinematic genius. \u2026 I&#8217;ve never seen something so beautiful in a fight scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dune<\/em> is, for now, in theaters on December 18th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/dune\/288159\">Add <em>Dune<\/em> to Your Watchlist to be alerted when tickets go on sale.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost overnight, Dune went from being one of the most anticipated movies of the year from movie fans to one of the most intriguing even to more casual fans. The sprawling story of Frank Herbert&#8217;s classic sci-fi novel looks to finally be getting the movie adaptation it deserves. 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