Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

Screenshot: New World Pictures, Image: Magnet Releasing, Lucasfilm, io9/James Whitbrook, Lucasfilm, HBO, Disney, Universal, Pocket Books, Photo: Paul Butterfield (Getty Images)As Dune: Part Two approaches, io9 took a look at an amazing tie-in Lego set—and asked the cast and crew what they thought (they love it, too). We also recommended some books to read (other than Dune) for upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror adaptations; debuted a cool mutant-movie trailer; and more. - Cheryl Eddy Screenshot: New World Pictures, …

The second I mentioned Andor, Stellan Skarsgård’s face lit up. The legendary actor, who is back to portray Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, recently finished filming the second season of the hit Star Wars show where we’ll finally, hopefully, learn more about his instantly legendary character, Luthen Rael. And he seems very excited about it.In season one of Andor, Rael is a crucial character. He’s the person primarily responsible for bringing Cassian Andor into the Rebellion and risks a whole…

Image: Warner Bros.It’s May, meaning the summer movie season is about to kick into high gear, but sci-fi fans have their sights on something else. Something distant. The month of November. Because that’s when Denis Villeneuve will finally unleash the sequel fans have been eagerly anticipating—Dune: Part Two—on the world.Warner Bros. got the marketing off on the right foot this week, releasing a nice, juicy, unusually early trailer that included all sorts of goodies, from Timothée Chalamet riding a sandworm, to a…

A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we know the plot (Paul unites the Fremen, revolts, fights Feyd-Rautha) while the rest of the political power-players (the Bene Gesserit, Irulan, and Harkonnen) scrabble for relevancy against literal giant sandworms and a nation of colonized peopel who are so fucking ready to do a murder.It’s going to be good. It’s going to be very, very good. A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we…