Can Chalamet Pull It Off?
With much anticipation, film goers and fans of Frank Herbert’s legendary epic have been waiting for information on the upcoming Dune film. Vanity Fair released new images and an interesting article about the film and you can check it out here.
The movie will star Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and will feature a massive lineup of stars old and new to fill out the rest of the cast. Some of the heaviest hitters on the current cast list include Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard, and Charlotte Rampling. The film will also star Rebecca Ferguson, David Dastmalchian, and Stephen McKinley.
I have no issues with this cast excepting Chalamet. I’ve seen him in Lady Bird and Little Women and in neither case did he impress me. I’m sure that his presence in the film will attract demographic groups that aren’t necessarily science fiction fans, but will his performance take away from the film? Hopefully I am wrong and he blows my socks off in the movie, but I’m particularly fond of Herbert’s book and enjoyed the old 1984 flick despite its many flaws. That means that Chalamet and everyone else will have to do a great job. I hope that they do.
The film is currently in post-production and is looking at a December, 2020 release date.
Thanks for reading. I’ll post more updates as I can get them.
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