This is only the beginning.”ĭune leaves us on Arrakis, just over halfway through the events depicted in Herbert’s first novel. It was a dream of mine to adapt Frank Herbert’s Dune and I have the fans, the cast, and crew, Legendary and Warner Bros. “I just received news from Legendary that we are officially moving forward with Dune: Part Two. In a statement, Villeneuve shared his appreciation. Less than a week after its premiere, Dune has been officially green lit for a sequel. His optimism has proved to be well-founded. “As I was doing the first part, I really put all my passion into it, in case it would be the only one,” he said. Because the follow-up was never guaranteed, Villeneuve inherited the added pressure of making Dune complete in itself-in case Dune 2, like so many other Dune projects, failed to take off. Instead of shooting double the material, Villeneuve had to film one movie and then await approval for the next. For several reasons, it didn’t happen, and I agreed to the challenge of making part one and then wait to see if the movie rings enough enthusiasm.” In an interview with Variety, he discussed the intention: “I wanted at the beginning to do the two parts simultaneously. Initially, the filmmaker wanted to shoot the entire story at once, editing into two installments only after filming. Villeneuve, well aware of this fact, has long spoken of his recent Dune adaptation as only part 1 of a larger project.

Dune 2 editor