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Josh Brolin at a ‘Dune: Part Two’ screening event in Abu Dhabi in February.
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Josh Brolin is known as a loving father and movie star of epic proportionsbut above all, the man is a talented creator of words.
Brolin, who plays Gurney Halleck in the Denis Villeneuve “Dune” films, took a more creative approach to promoting the franchise’s second installment. “Dune: Part Two” this week, writing a unique summary of the film on social media that feels less like formulaic promotional prose and more like a Hollywood-themed puzzle.
“DUNE 2 release is less than TWO WEEKS away!!! Robot Lady and Wonka fall in love. Then Elvis tries to ruin everything while his bad daddy floats in a puddle of pond scum,” Brolin. wrote on his Instagram page on Tuesday. “WWE guy from Gardians (sic) gets really pissed while hottie from Midsomer (sic) sets her eyes on Wonka Obi Wan right after his mom gets caught taking LSD in a sand bath. “Chigurh still doesn’t like the guy from The Goonies.”
Confused? Let’s take a moment to decode which of Brolin’s “Dune: Part Two” co-stars he mentions and what the heck — or Arrakis – what he is talking about in this title.
To start, let’s assume that “robot lady” refers to Zendaya, according to this futuristic set which she wore to the London premiere of “Dune: Part Two” last week. AND “Wonka” Obviously it’s Timothée Chalamet, who played the famous chocolatier in the 2023 film and stars in “Dune: Part Two” as Paul Atreides. (Both “Dune” and “Wonka” are distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which like CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)
“Elvis,” of course, is Austin Butler, who still I can’t seem to shake that accent after starring in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic about the king of rock ‘n’ roll, and Brolin’s mention of “bad father” is likely a reference to Stellan Skarsgård’s evil character in “Dune,” the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (who actually floats in a pool). of slag).
That “WWE guy” from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise is Dave Bautista – who plays Glossu Rabban in the “Dune” universe – and the “hottie” is Florence Pugh, who starred in the horror movie “Midsommar.”
With us so far? Great, let’s move on. Rebecca Ferguson is the “Mom” Brolin mentions in reference to a certain psychedelic, which in the “Dune” universe is actually a fictional drug called Melange.
Finally, Javier Bardem played the villain Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men” (and won an Oscar for it), and Brolin himself is the “Goonies guy.” Both actors, of course, appear in the second installment of “Dune,” which hits theaters next week.
After the cryptic references in his post, Brolin turned to movie magic to drive things home. “I mean, who doesn’t want to see all that in IMAX,” he continued writing, and then urged his fans to “reach out again and experience that amazing feeling when the lights go out… and DUNE 2 consumes you.” “.
Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux and Charlotte Rampling round out the all-star cast of “Dune: Part 2,” which is the sequel to 2021’s “Dune” and focuses on the rise of Chalamet’s heroic Paul Atreides.
The film franchise is based on the classic 1965 science fiction novel “Dune” by the late Frank Herbert.
“Dune: Part Two” will be released in theaters on March 1.