New photos from Denis Villeneuve's Dune reboot offer a closer look at the characters from Frank Herbert's 1965 novel.
The photos show Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Liet Kynes and Stephen Mckinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat.
Published in 1965, Dune is the first of many installments in Frank Herbert’s Dune saga and features a feudal society of noble houses, each of which controls individual planets that all owe allegiance to the power-hungry Padishah Emperor. After its critical success, Dune quickly spawned five sequels -- Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune -- as well as a number of prequels and short stories written by Frank's son and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dune was adapted to live-action twice before. The first was a 1984 film directed by David Lynch, which proved to be a critical and commercial failure. The second attempt was a three-part miniseries that premiered on Syfy in 2000 titled Frank Herbert's Dune, which earned impressive enough ratings to warrant a sequel in 2003 that combined both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Then in 2016, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment acquired the rights to the property.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, Legendary Pictures' Dune stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stephen Henderson and Josh Brolin. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 18.
(via Vanity Fair)