The shooting of the movie Dune Part 2, which was announced after the success of the first movie and expected to be released next year, has started.
The news that moviegoers have been waiting for has arrived, and it has been officially announced that the shooting of the Dune Part 2 movie has begun. After the success of the first movie, Warner Bros and Legendary Entertainment made a statement and officially announced the sequel. The shooting of the sequel, which is planned to be released in 2023 and with the participation of new actors, started as of yesterday.
Dune Part 2 movie will be released in 2023
The sequel will be shot in Budapest, Egypt and Italy. The Arakis scenes of the movie are shot in Abu Dhabi. Producers also benefit from the recently launched 30% cashback discount offered by the Abu Dhabi Film Commission. The release date of the movie, which was previously announced as October, was moved to November 17, 2023.
Dune Part 2, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, who also signed the first movie and received great praise, retains the actors we will remember from the first movie. In other words, we will have the chance to watch Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem and Stephen McKinley Henderson in the sequel.
In Dune Part 2, new characters will be added to these names that will allow us to see the universe in more detail. Princess Irulan, one of the members of House Corrino, will be played by Florence Pugh, who we will remember from the movie Black Widow, while the experienced actress Christopher Walken will play the character of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.