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  • Rebecca Ferguson in Talks to Join Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune’

    Rebecca Ferguson in Talks to Join Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune’

    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
    Paramount Pictures

    Rebecca Ferguson is landing roles in just about every upcoming movie, and it’s still never enough.

    The “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” star has joined the new “Men in Black” spinoff and the Stephen King adaptation “Doctor Sleep.” Now she’s reportedly in negotiations to join director Denis Villeneuve‘s adaptation of “Dune.”

    Timothée Chalamet has already signed on to play Paul Atreides, main character of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 sci-fi novel. Ferguson would play Atreides’ mother, Lady Jessica, another very key character.

    Villeneuve (“Arrival,” “Blade Runner 2049“) recently revealed his plan for “Dune” to be two movies, shot separately. He is producing the films, along with Mary Parent and Cale Boyter.

    THR said studio Legendary hopes for an early 2019 production start.

    While many are calling this a “remake” of the 1984 David Lynch “Dune” starring Kyle MacLachlan and Sting, it’s really a new adaptation from the novel. (It’s not a remake of the 2000-2003 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries either.)

    And if it’s a success, maybe we’ll get more than two parts. There were five sequels to “Dune,” after all.

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  • ‘Dune’ Close to Landing Timothee Chalamet as Its Star: Report

    Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
    Sony Pictures Classics

    The polarizing ’80s sci-fi film “Dune” is getting a remake of sorts, and it’s hero seems to have been chosen.

    Timothée Chalamet is reportedly boarding the project. The French-American actor is in late-stage talks to star as Paul Atreides in Denis Villenueve‘s take on the epic story, according to Deadline. That makes him the one to take up the baton from Kyle MacLachlan, who portrayed the character in the David Lynch-directed original.

    “Dune” originally came out in 1984 and was based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel of the same name about a young man fighting to maintain control of a desert planet. Although the books have had enormous success, the movie was considered a bust at the time, as SyfyWire notes. It has, however, since gotten more credit for what it accomplished given the technological context.

    Villeneuve will have the benefit of today’s technology for the upcoming version of the futuristic story, and now he has quite the leading man, too. Chalamet earned an Academy Award nomination for 2017’s “Call Me by Your Name,” and he also starred in “Lady Bird,” a film nominated Best Picture last year.

    So far, we don’t know much about Villeneuve’s version of “Dune,” but we’re definitely curious to see how it compares to the original.

    [via: Deadline]