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Denis Villeneuve got deadly serious when io9 mentioned the Dune Lego set to him. “I’ll be honest with you,” the director of Dune: Part Two said. “Probably I’m making movies because first I was a hardcore Lego player. I’m from that first generation where it was just bricks, right? I went to a lot of places with those Lego spaceships, boats, or whatever. And when I learned that Lego was doing an Ornithopter, I was like, ‘Wow.’ That blew my mind.”Lego first announced it was releasing the Atreides Royal Ornithopter from…

Dune: Part Two is a little over a month away, and fans are still hoping there’s more films to come. Director Denis Villeneuve’s been quite about his desires to adapt the book’s immediate sequel, Dune Messiah. And while those plans haven’t changed, it sounds like he’ll step back from the series before giving that one a proper go. Spoilers of the Week April 24-29In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Villeneuve talked about wanting to “settle down a little bit” after Part Two. The first two Dune films were made…

Ayo Edebiri is the latest star to leave Marvel’s Thunderbolts. New Dune Part 2 pictures tease Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen’s arrival. Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper movie reveals its cast. Plus, Adam Scott starts running as Severance season 2 enters production. Spoilers now!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksRogue TrooperVariety reports Duncan Jones is attached to direct an animated Rogue Trooper movie starring the voices of Hayley Atwell, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden Daryl McCormack,…

Image: Twitter/Warner BrosEverything about the moviegoing experience is merchandisable, and long has been. But the rising trend of increasingly complex and elaborate collectible popcorn buckets might have finally reached the apex with Dune: Part Two, which invites you to place your hand in a very different kind of Gom Jabbar test.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Tie-in popcorn buckets, and bucket holders, are nothing new—AMC in particular has made a big to-do over them for highly anticipated movies, like holders in the…

Dune: Awakening, Funcom's upcoming survival MMO, will let players experience the universe of Frank Herbert's legendary sci-fi novel series firsthand, and that includes trying to build a home out in the vast deserts of Arrakis.Funcom has released a firstlook at how base-building will work in Dune: Awakening. Early on, Funcom says, players will be able to claim a spot of land out in the game's open world and craft their first base. More advanced upgrades will unlock as players progress, and there will be…

It’s the moment everyone has been waiting for. To see Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides ride a sandworm in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. The moment was teased at the very end of the first film and now, in Dune: Part Two, it will become a reality. If only Chalamet knew where to put his arms.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Dune: Part Two opens March 1 and tickets are now on sale. To promote that fact, Chalamet sat down with Fandango to discuss Dune alongside co-stars Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler, and…

We’re all ready to see just what Denis Villeneuve and his crew do with Dune: Part Two in a few months, but what if nearly four decades ago we’d had a chance to get a sequel to compare it to? David Lynch’s planned script for a sequel to his wild 1984 movie has been missing for years, but now, an unfinished draft has been found.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Over at Wired, Max Evry—author of A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune—An Oral History—has revealed details from an unfinished draft of Lynch’s Dune sequel,…

The future of the Dune movies are shrouded in a lot of secrecy, especially given the high anticipation for the now long-delayed Part Two. But at least one person at the heart of them is a little confused as to why, when you can get a pretty good gist of what’s to come by reading material that’s been out there for 70 years.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Speaking to MTV recently about his time on Wonka as well as the new arrivals in the cast of Dune: Part Two, Chalamet inadvertently confirmed at least one major return—not…

It’s certainly disappointing that Dune: Part Two isn’t in theaters right now but sometimes waiting is the best part. Case in point, today we’ve been graced with a brand new trailer, and it’ll make you somehow even more excited for the sequel than you already are. Which is really saying something.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedDune: Part Two stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, and many more. It opens March…

It’s been Denis Villeneuve’s plan since day one: adapt Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi novel, Dune, in two parts, and then bring the story of Paul Atreides to a close with an adaptation of the follow-up, Dune Messiah. He’s been saying that since before the release of Dune: Part One but, at that time, it was more a dream than reality. With each passing day though, that dream moves closer to reality, even if it’s going to take longer than fans might expect.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI Unlocked“ being…