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Riding a sandworm across the desert planet of Arrakis is something most “Dune” fans have no doubt wanted to do at one point or another, but it begs the question: how could one actually get out of the giant annelids? ?
Well, “Dune: Part Two” director Denis Villeneuve seems to have an answer: IndieWire as such in an interview focused on the sequel.
“Dune” lore established that the Fremen, a fiercely independent group of desert warriors, can ride worms, control them, and use them in battle or as transportation across vast terrain, with entire villages riding on their spacious backs. However, we never see anyone free themselves from the worms.
Villeneuve revealed that he receives “repeated queries” about this “crazy Uber system,” with viewers asking how the Fremen dismantled the worms upon reaching their final destination.
Although Villeneuve has an answer, unfortunately viewers will have to wait until the third installment.
“I knew how. I found a way,” Villeneuve said. “It wasn’t dramatically necessary in ‘Dune: Part Two’ to see someone come out of the worm, but I know how to do it. And I can’t wait to put that on screen.”
Described Paul Atreides (played by Timothée Chalamet) sandworm riding scene as his “favorite” sequence in the movie. The scene took two months to film, and a second unit was needed to execute it with rotating platforms, hooks, and desert sand (the entire scene was filmed in the desert with sunlight; nothing was done on the set).
“Everything we shot deep in the desert wasn’t easy because I wanted a level of realism that required us to create giant structures or shadow makers to make the light believable. The characters and all the action sequences required an enormous amount of preparation and logistics to protect the crew from the heat and protect the stunts,” Villeneuve said.
He added: “The only scene I didn’t want to commit to at all was the worm ride. Technically it required a lot of time and research and development. “That was by far one of the most complex things I have ever done in my life.”
“Dune: Part Two” is the second installment in Villeneuve’s “Dune” film series, an adaptation of the 1965 science fiction novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. Set in a distant future where interstellar travel depends on a valuable spice, young nobleman Paul Atreides must navigate treacherous politics and desert landscapes to fulfill his destiny while becoming embroiled in a power struggle for control of the desert planet Arrakis.
The second part, released on March 1, has already generated an impressive $32.1 million opening day gross, including $12 million from Thursday night and preview screenings of the event – the biggest weekend of opening week of the year, surpassing the $28.6 million three-day total of “Bob Marley: One Love.”