Denis Villeneuve insisted on filming ‘Dune’ in a real desert despite being offered a studio
nme.comDenis Villeneuve has said he insisted on filming the Dune films in a real desert, despite being offered a Hollywood studio.The director oversaw the 2021 film and its 2024 sequel, both adaptations of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.
The epic space operas star Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Josh Brolin among others and have collectively made over $1billion worldwide.Speaking to Konbini’s Video Club in French, he explained that he was greatly inspired by David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence Of Arabia when visualising the films, and categorically refused to let them be shot in a studio.Instead, he chose to immerse the actors and crew in the Wadi Rum desert landscapes of Jordan and the Liwa Oasis in Abu Dhabi to capture the vast, rolling sand dunes and rugged terrain of Arrakis.Dune: Part Two was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars last week, where it will compete against Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Perez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked.
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