Denis Villeneuve’s big-budget sci-fi epic “Dune” will shoot additional material this summer in Hungary reports Deadline.
The extra shooting will reportedly not cause a delay to the film’s December 18th release date, and is simply an additional bit of filming which is standard for films of this scale. There’s been no reports of any difficulties or problems with the film’s shoot.
The project shot at Origo Film Studios in Budapest along with shooting in Jordan and Norway and wrapped filming in July last year. The Budapest-based additional filming will take place with extensive coronavirus safety measures in place. Actor Oscar Isaac, who plays Duke Leto Atreides in the film, confirmed the news today and tells the trade:
“We’re going to do some additional shooting in mid August… they’re saying in Budapest in Hungary. I saw some things cut together and it just looks amazing. Denis [Villeneuve] is a real artist and it will be exciting to see it come together. It’s kind of wild that we’re doing some additional shooting a few months before it’s supposed to come out, but that happened with Star Wars as well.”
Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Isaac star in the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi at Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment. The project is planned to be the first of a two film adaptation of the work.
