November 2024
Expanding the View for Dune: Part Two
Unit photography by Niko Tavernise. All images courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Returning to planet Arrakis presented the Dune: Part Two filmmakers with the opportunity to envision the vast, arid landscape they had created for Part One (AC Dec. ’21) from a more seasoned perspective — and with a wider range of tools at the ready. Nevertheless, Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS called the sequel “the hardest film I’ve ever done, from a practical standpoint” thanks to “all the spinning plates and units going at the same time.” Director Denis Villeneuve adds that for this second chapter, “the visual vocabulary that we designed for Part Two had to have some continuity with Part One, so you can watch them back-to-back and be in the same world — but...more