Dune director Denis Villeneuve has revealed that he initially planned on filming both movies at the same time.The filmmaker, who is soon releasing Dune for Warner Bros.
after premiering the movie at the Venice Film Festival, has said that he wanted fo embark on both projects at once despite the second not being green-lit yet.Villeneuve had pitched the studios a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi novel, with his new release beginning with a title card that reads “Dune: Part One.”“I wanted at the beginning to do the two parts simultaneously,” Villeneuve told Variety in a new interview.“For several reasons, it didn’t happen, and I agreed to the challenge of making part one and then wait to see if the movie rings enough.
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