Dates Elvis Biopic, from Warner Bros, pushes the "dune" of Villeneuve

Warner Bros. has unveiled a slew of new dates for its upcoming projects, according to Deadline. "Dune" by director Denis Villeneuve, with Oscar winner Timothée Chalamet, went from November 20, 2020 to December 18, 2020 to make room for another release yet to come. Warners also announced October 21, 2021 the release of the biopic on Elvis Presley, very popular with Baz Luhrmann.

The untitled film Elvis stars Austin Butler as the king of rock and roll. Butler recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once upon a time … in Hollywood" as a bloodthirsty member of the Charles Mason tribe. The film would cover two decades of Elvis' life, with Tom Hanks in the role of its director, Colonel Tom Parker. Production is expected to begin early next year in Queensland, Australia.

"Dune" by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is the third attempt of an ambitious author to mount an adaptation of Frank Herbert's historical science fiction novel, published in 1965. David Lynch adapted the book to mixed results in 1984 with Kyle MacLachlan in the role that now belongs to Chalamet. The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky also tried, but without success, to put the novel on the screen, as detailed with meticulousness in the 2013 documentary "Jodorowsky's Dune". Man "), Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård, Oscar Isaac and Charlotte Rampling.

Villeneuve co-wrote the "Dune" script with Eric Roth, an Oscar winner, and Jon Spaihts. The scenario would be very close to the source material. "I can not really talk much about the script or the plot itself, but I can just tell you that this old phrase" true to mind "or" honoring the spirit of " [applies]At CinemaBlend David Dastmalchian, the star of "Dune", told CinemaBlend. "I honestly did not even see the most recent [version] In the screenplay, but in the way Denis talked about the film and what I saw, it's absolutely faithful to everything Frank put in the novel and in honor …[Denis is] so intrepid, dude. He makes choices and then goes to the places we need as audiences. "

Villeneuve also has a television series "Dune" in preparation. The director of "Blade Runner 2049" will produce "Dune: The Sisterhood" for the new WarnerMedia streaming platform.

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