when Dune: Part One End with breathtaking suspensethe audience at least knows Dune: Part 2 On the way. the second part Did something similar, although the odds are stacked against There will be a sequelit won’t come immediately.
Still, the film’s ending is similar to the ending of Frank Herbert’s novel, and director Denis Villeneuve was very confident that he had to do the same thing. “I’m very determined,” the director told io9. “I’m 100 percent sure it’s the best way to do it. I love movies that end like that, like a powerful statement.”
Below, watch and read more of Villeneuve’s discussion of the ending, and read his answers the second part‘s super secret cameo.
Finally of Dune: Part 2, We see Paul Atreides kill Fede Lautha, thus establishing his status as the next Emperor of the Galaxy. He then proposed to marry the current emperor’s daughter Yirulan to continue his lineage, which deeply offended Paul’s Freeman girlfriend Chani. When Paul heard that other powers in the galaxy did not recognize his claims, he planned to start a war by destroying the spice fields of Arrakis. With this holy war hanging in the balance, the film ends with an angry, defiant Charney leaving Paul and returning to the desert.
Basically, Paul fully embraced his godlike destiny and claimed power – but at the expense of the woman he loved, and perhaps the reason she loved him in the first place. It’s a depressing ending that leaves a lot to the imagination, but it’s very close to how Herbert ended his book, which is why Villeneuve decided to end the movie this way. This is our discussion.
Germain Lussier, io9: Herbert’s book ends rather abruptly, and you lean into it and do it the same way.Hopefully, fingers crossed, we’ll see dune messiah At some point – but just in case that doesn’t happen, have you thought about adding more closure at the end the second part?
Denis Villeneuve: No, it’s always been like this. To drive the idea home, always.the idea [of] That thing that got out of hand. That betrayal and that tragedy. I have to end there. I am determined for this. I’m 100% sure this is the best way. I love movies that end like this, like a powerful statement.
io9: How did you come up with that final shot of Charney?
Villeneuve: Oh, on the screenwriting side. It was something I figured out very early on, when I was writing the script – and of course I co-wrote the script with Jon Spaiths – but it was an idea that I brought to the table and I was like 100 percent. It was the best way to finish the film.
Another big spoiler Dune: Part 2 The role of Paul’s unborn sister Alia is played by Anya Taylor-Joy. She only appears briefly in one scene in Paul’s future, but we had to ask Villeneuve about it and he was very discreet.
io9: Before seeing the movie, a friend and I were discussing Alia and wondering how she would fit into the movie. So it’s exciting to see Anya Taylor-Joy pop up there so quickly.I want to know how this happens, and then if you can actually do it Messiah, will she play this role? Because there is a little age difference.
Villeneuve: It was an idea that was in the back of my mind as I was writing, and the idea – I met her at the casting – was that I wanted her to play this character. This is something I enjoy.like projecting some idea dune messiah possible. This is very exciting to me.
io9: Okay, but will she be in it?
Villeneuve: I can’t say.
read The rest of our interview with Denis Villeneuve is here and view Dune: Part 2, In theaters now. (Hopefully you’ve already done that, because we just discussed spoilers.)
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