New DUNE Image Features Josh Brolin and Timothée Chalamet on an Airborn Ornithopter
Thanks to Empire, we’ve got a new photo to share with you from director Denis Villeneuve's ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.
The image features Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his weapons trainer/mentor Gurney Halleck (Josh Brolin) balancing on the wing of an ornithopter as it flys over the vast desert planet of Arrakis. This is obviously from one of the action sequences in the film.
Villeneuve talks about the image saying:
“It’s Paul’s first contact with the deep desert, where he’s mesmerised by it. He has a strange feeling of being home. There’s a lot of action at this specific moment, and [it’s] one of the scenes in the movie that I’m starting to get pretty proud of.”
That’s cool! This is a movie that a lot of fans can’t wait to see and I’m confident that Villeneuve is going to give us the incredible adaptation of Dune that we’ve all been waiting for.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
The film’s cast also includes Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as his mother Jessica, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen, Zendaya as Chani, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam, David Dastmcalchian as Piter De Vries, Chang Chen as Dr. Yueh, and Dave Bautista as the Baron’s nephew Rabban.
The first of the two-part Dune film will be released on November 20th, 2020.