I wanted dramatic continuity with part one.”īefore the credits rolled on that movie, Timothée Chalamet’s young royal Paul Atreides, prophesied to become a great leader, had been reduced to nothing.

“I wanted the movie to really open just where we left the characters. There’s a difference,” Villeneuve tells Vanity Fair for this exclusive first look. “It’s important-it’s not a sequel, it’s a second part. Director Denis Villeneuve wants to make it clear that his new movie, set for release November 3, is not so much another film as a continuation of the first. “Dune” fans will get to hear both of Zimmer’s scores (one of the movie, one for the book) on October 22.If you want to know where Dune: Part Two will begin, just look to the ending of the 2021 original. But we are so dedicated, trying to do something different, to do solid and honorable work, and do justice to the book.” I’m doing all these experiments, and I have no idea if any of them will ever really end up in the movie. “I just have these ideas, and it’s like this every day. “Right now I’m in the middle of making these sounds,” Zimmer said at the time. Last summer while he was in the thick of composing the “Dune” original score, Zimmer said he was “driving everybody crazy because I’m so full of ideas.” The composer said working with Villeneuve was “totally and utterly inspiring.” “I have to do ,” Zimmer said ahead of production. Zimmer ranks Frank Herbert’s “Dune” as one of his favorite childhood books and couldn’t turn down the opportunity to compose the score for Villeneuve’s movie, even if that meant passing on composing the “Tenet” score for frequent collaborator Hans Zimmer. Both the limited edition and standard editions of the book feature in-depth interviews with Villeneuve, Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, and more.Īnyone who has been following the making of “Dune” probably isn’t too surprised to hear Zimmer has composed original music for a making-of book release. Also featured is exclusive on-set photography by Fraser.

The special edition features 80 pages of exclusive art from the movie, and each copy is signed by author Lapointe, director Villeneuve, cinematographer Greig Fraser, and stars Timothee Chalamet and Josh Brolin.

The standard edition of “The Art and Soul of Dune” costs $50, but the limited edition will run just under $600 and be limited to only 700 copies. ‘Dune: Part Two’ Teaser: Timothée Chalamet Reigns Supreme in Sequel’s First Footage

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