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Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve on GamesRadar+ naming the sci-fi epic as the best movie of 2024, reframing the narrative, and what he's most proud of

Exclusive: Director Denis Villeneuve reflects on the success of Dune: Part Two as it is named GamesRadar+'s film of the year

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The 15 best films of 2024, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: When it comes to cinema, 2024 was a year of toilets, tennis and trash heaps; sand, sadness and Saoirses. From ‘Poor Things’ to ‘Dune: Part Two’, Clarisse Loughrey has selected the greatest movies from the last 12 months

The Independent UK

22 Years Later, Dune Just Rebooted A Weirdly Pivotal Immortal Character

Who is Vorian Atreides? Before the end of 'Dune: Prophecy,' we may have to see this strange, quasi-immortal character in the flesh.

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Dune's Denis Villeneuve reveals why he has no desire to make a Star Wars movie

'Dune' filmmaker Denis Villeneuve grew up loving 'Star Wars' but 'Return of the Jedi' put him off wanting to work on his own instalment in the franchise.

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Denis Villeneuve explains why he’s not interested in directing Star Wars film despite once being ‘obsessed’

Filmmaker says he ‘became obsessed with Star Wars’ when he was 10

The Independent UK

Josh Brolin gives disappointing Dune Three update

Josh Brolin was meant to receive the script for 'Dune: Messiah' "a few weeks ago", though is still waiting for director Denis Villeneuve to finish the screenplay.

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Dune: Prophecy – the prequel series takes liberties with the Herberts’ vision, but not for the worse

Dune is one of the most revered works in science fiction, due to the scale and granular detail (no pun intended) of Frank Herbert’s world-building. The original novel comes with multiple appendices covering millennia of historical context. This means that the biggest hurdle any adaptation or spin-off must overcome is…

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Dune: Prophecy review – a bracingly different sci-fi dominated by women at every level

The origins of the mysterious Bene Gesserit sisterhood are uncovered in this starry and intense prequel to the fantasy saga that would have been unthinkable even 10 years ago

The Guardian - UK

61 Years Later, 'Dune' Just Changed the Origin of Its Most Famous Superpower

In 'Dune: Prophecy,' the origin of the Bene Gesserit power of "the Voice," seems to have been changed. But has it?

Inverse

Think the new Dune TV series is bonkers? You should watch the Noughties ones

IN FOCUS: As the sprawling franchise returns to our television screens in the form of ‘Dune: Prophecy’, Greg Evans takes a look back at when SyFy boldly adapted Frank Herbert’s first three novels in an ambitious and bizarre TV event

The Independent UK

61 Years Later, 'Dune' Finally Reveals Its Most Important Canon Event

What is the Bulterian Jihad? Here's how 'Dune: Prophecy' reveals the evil robots of the Dune universe.

Inverse

Watch HBO's bold new Dune series closely

Ten thousand years before Paul Atreides' birth, a sect of women wielded great power. The results were complicated

Salon

"Who Believes It and Who Doesn't?" How Dune's Epic New Spinoff Unpacks Its Mysterious "Prophecy"

The stars and creators of the new HBO Max series 'Dune: Prophecy' unpack the meaning of the show's title and what comes next.

Inverse

Dune: Prophecy – truthsayers, mindcontrollers and martial artists: just who are the Bene Gesserit?

This secretive matriarchal order finally have a TV series of their own

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The Independent UK

There are 23 books in the Dune series – here’s how to read them in order

From the seminal Frank Herbert saga to the prequels and sequels to follow

Inverse

The Twistiest Sci-Fi Epic of 2024 Falls Short of Its Massive Ambitions

Who could’ve foretold that a Dune prequel without the dune would’ve been so boring?

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‘I don’t care’: Denis Villeneuve hits back at Quentin Tarantino’s Dune snub

'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve isn't bothered by Quentin Tarantino's refusal to watch his movies in the sci-fi franchise.

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Denis Villeneuve pushes back against Quentin Tarantino’s criticism of Dune

‘I don’t care,’ said the acclaimed filmmaker

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Inverse

The Most Anticipated Sci-Fi Sequel of the Decade Could Redefine the Entire Saga

If Denis Villeneuve only adapts the second Frank Herbert Dune book into 'Dune 3', we're in trouble. But he's probably dealing with more source material than he's let on.

The Independent UK

Dune 2 has been blocked out of one key Oscar category it had a big shot of winning

The sci-fi sequel will miss out on a category which the original film won in 2022

Inverse

Dune 3 Release Date Predictions, Trailer, Plot, Cast, More for the Sci-Fi Movie

With the completion of Dune and Dune: Part Two, both directed by Denis Villeneuve, all eyes are on the future with Dune: Messiah (aka, Dune 3).

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Dune: Part Three: Release date, plot, cast & everything we know about Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune: Messiah

Denis Villeneuve isn't finished with Arrakis and Paul Atreides yet. Keep your stillsuit on and get ready for Dune: Part Three.

Inverse

The Most Anticipated Sci-Fi Sequel of the Decade Could Come Way Sooner Than You Think

Denis Villeneuve is definitely (maybe?) heading back to Arrakis. Here's what the director has revealed about when a third 'Dune' movie, 'Dune Messiah,' could start filming.

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Dune director Denis Villeneuve 'in the writing zone' for Dune Three

Even though he initially said he would be taking a break from the franchise after releasing 'Dune: Part Two' in March, director Denis Villeneuve has now revealed he will likely "go back behind the camera faster than [he] thinks" to make the third film in the sci-fi series.

Inverse

The Biggest Sci-Fi Director of the Decade Is About to Make His Riskiest Movie Yet

'Rendezvous with Rama' won't be anything like the 'Dune.' So how will Denis Villeneuve pull it off?

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