EXCLUSIVE: Even as Denis Villeneuve places ending touches on the script for subsequent installment within the Dune franchise, the director already has his sights set on a brand new addition to the all-star ensemble. While sources near the venture say no formal provide has been introduced, Deadline is listening to there’s robust curiosity in Robert Pattinson becoming a member of the solid.
Legendary had no remark.
The movie already options an A-list ensemble that features Timothee Chalamet, Florence Pugh and Zendaya and lots of these stars are anticipated to return. Even so there are nonetheless a handful of recent roles and as with every Dune venture, stars are at all times lining up on the probability to look within the Oscar-winning smash hit collection. While its unknown who Pattinson would play if a deal closes, the function is anticipated to be a major one in comparison with a number of the different new openings.
As Deadline beforehand reported, the plan is to shoot the movie this summer time. Villeneuve is returning to direct.
Dune is Legendary’s expansive, multi-format science fiction universe based mostly on Frank Herbert’s Hugo Award-winning novel collection of the identical title. The assortment has included two characteristic movies, Dune: Part One and Part Two, from famend filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, Legendary and Warner Bros., which earned a mixed $1.12 billion on the world field workplace and received eight Academy Awards from 15 nominations, together with Best Picture nods for each. The universe’s most up-to-date entry is prequel tv collection Dune: Prophecy, from Lost writer-producer Alison Schapker and set 10,000 years earlier than the ascension of Paul Atreides. The collection launched on HBO and Max in November 2024 to crucial acclaim.
As for Pattinson, The Batman star has been busy as of late lately wrapping the A24 movie The Drama, which additionally stars his Dune co-star Zendaya in addition to the Lynne Ramsay movie Die, My Love the place he stars reverse Jennifer Lawrence. He is at present filming Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey. He can also be producing the A24 movie Primetime.
He is repped by WME, 3 Arts Entertainment and the Curtis Brown Group.