The way forward for the Dune films are shrouded in a variety of secrecy, particularly given the excessive anticipation for the now long-delayed Half Two. However at the very least one individual on the coronary heart of them is a bit of confused as to why, when you will get a reasonably good gist of what’s to return by studying materials that’s been on the market for 70 years.
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Chatting with MTV just lately about his time on Wonka in addition to the brand new arrivals within the solid of Dune: Half Two, Chalamet inadvertently confirmed at the very least one main return—not for Half Two, however the still-potential (however extremely doubtless, ought to director Denis Villeneuve have his approach) third film within the collection, adapting Dune: Messiah. Final likelihood so that you can flip again if, like MTV host Josh Horowitz, you haven’t gotten round to studying that one but!
Timothée Chalamet on “Wonka,” “Dune: Half Two” & Extra | MTV
Chalamet casually confirms that Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho—who perished within the first film shopping for Paul and his mom time to flee Home Harkonnen’s Sardaukar forces—gained’t seem in Half Two, however will return for the third Dune film. In Frank Herbert’s novel collection, Duncan is reincarnated by the Bene Tleilax—masters of genetic engineering—as a “Ghola,” a clone first referred to as Hayt and despatched by the Tleilax to attempt to assassinate Paul, just for the conflicting trauma of his conditioning and an innate loyalty to the Atreides unlocking his unique recollections as Idaho. Duncan will get reincarnated a number of instances over throughout spans of hundreds of years over the course of the remaining Dune books, re-accessing his recollections every time till his last ghola retained each Idaho’s unique recollections and people of all his prior clones, and is established as a long-loyal advisor to Paul’s son, Leto II Atreides, and his line.
It’s rather a lot, which is why partially it’s very humorous that Chalamet so casually acknowledges that Idaho will likely be again. However the actor, confronted with—in an age of social media PR and studio secrecy being what it’s—the trendy day nightmare of getting inadvertently spoiled one thing, defending himself by declaring the absurdity of all of it.
“It’s so bizarre, as a result of [the studios] are so secretive concerning the script, and concerning the trailer… effectively, [the books] have been on the market for 70 years!”
Which is truthful! Nevertheless it’s additionally fairly truthful to imagine that the overwhelming majority of people that noticed Dune additionally haven’t learn a collection of extremely wild follow-ups to what’s truly practically a 60-year-old e-book franchise, in order slight because it may be (Idaho’s return is much from probably the most outlandish factor somebody may know from the occasions of Dune Messiah prematurely), it nonetheless goes to be information to some those that Momoa will likely be again down the road, even when that time is kind of distant for now.
A Duncan Idaho-less Dune: Half Two, in the meantime, will hit theaters March 1, 2024.
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