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Florence Pugh in talks to join Dune: Part Two as Princess Irulan

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With Dune: Part Two, the highly-anticipated sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, currently in pre-production, Deadline is reporting that Florence Pugh is in talks to join the cast. Although Pugh’s role in the film is currently unconfirmed as of writing this, the outlet is reporting that she will play Princess Irulan Corrino, the eldest daughter of Emperor Shaddam […]

The Best Film Scores of 2021

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Hasitha Fernando on the best film scores of 2021… The COVID-19 pandemic cast a bleak spell during 2021, holding us all in its merciless vice-like grip. Thankfully though there were enough and more entertainment available to offer us with some degree of escapism. And accompanying these fantastic films were some top-notch scores, which transformed these […]

Control the Spice and the universe with trailer for Dune: Spice Wars

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Dune fans will soon be able to battle for control of the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis – and with it the most valuable and strategically important resource in the entire universe – with developer Funcom unveiling the first gameplay trailer for Dune: Spice Wars, a RTS with 4X elements set in the world of Frank […]

Francis Ford Coppola says Marvel is “one prototype movie made over and over and over and over and over again”

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One of the first directors to speak out in support of Martin Scorsese’s “not cinema” comments regarding Marvel Studios was that of fellow filmmaking legend Francis Ford Coppola, with the The Godfather and Apocalypse Now helmer going as far as to describe superhero movies as “despicable” back in 2019. Well, it seems that the likes […]

Boom! announces Dune: The Waters of Kanly limited series adaptation

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Boom! Studios has announced that New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are teaming with artist Francesco Mortarino (Power Rangers) for a four-issue limited series adaptation of their short story Dune: The Waters of Kanly, which takes place during Frank Herbert’s original novel and details Gurney Halleck’s plan for revenge against […]

Dune: Part Two will start filming this summer and will include more House Harkonnen, says Denis Villeneuve

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Following the release of Dune last year, Warner Bros. and Legendary announced that a sequel had officially been greenlit, and now director Denis Villeneuve has not only offered some additional details on the direction of the highly-anticipated follow-up but he has revealed when the film will be going into production. In an interview with Empire, Villeneuve revealed […]

Dune leads nominations for BAFTA’s 2022 British Academy Film Awards

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the nominations for th2 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards, with a total of 48 feature films up for honours, led by Denis Villenueve’s sci-fi epic Dune with eleven in total. The Frank Herbert adaptation is up for Best Film alongside Belfast, Don’t Look […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: The highly anticipated first part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation arrives on 4K with a reference-quality presentation and a solid […]

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2021

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The Flickering Myth writing team share our top ten movies of 2021… It’s time for our look back at the best films of 2021 – a year that saw the delayed releases of most of Hollywood’s original 2020 summer slate (we’re still waiting on some…) as the film industry looked to fight back after being […]

Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021

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Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]