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Star Wars Star Oscar Isaac in Talks to Play Duke Leto I Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Report

Star Wars Star Oscar Isaac in Talks to Play Duke Leto I Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Report 3j65x

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 30 January 2019 12:39 IST

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Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Highlights

Isaac will play the father to the protagonist
He is the fourth addition to the cast in January
Dune reboot begins filming in spring 2019

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Star Wars star Oscar Isaac is reportedly in talks to the Dune reboot as Duke Leto I Atreides, the father to the central character Paul Atreides, who is being played by Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name). Isaac is the fourth addition to the cast of director Denis Villeneuve's (Blade Runner 2049) adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 epic sci-fi novel in January, following Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting), and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years). They Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) who was cast last year as Lady Jessica, Paul's mother.

Ferguson, just 12 years. The latter is particularly symptomatic of the treatment of women in the entertainment industry. It will work out for Dune though, as Paul is 15 years old in the first book, which suggests that the 23-year-old Chalamet will be playing a character younger than his years. Unless the script makes any tweaks.

Legendary Pictures, the studio that acquired film and TV rights to Herbert's novels, is interested in turning Dune into a new sci-fi franchise. The creators have plenty of written material to work with, thanks to Frank and his son, Brian. While the father wrote six Dune novels during his time, the son has co-authored 13 more since. Leto is a secondary character in the original Dune, but the main character in the Prelude to Dune trilogy, published 1999-2001. Legendary will need a new actor by then if the film series goes on for long enough.

Villeneuve seem to have finalised much of his principal cast, which is necessary given Dune starts filming in spring 2019 in Budapest and Jordan. The protected wilderness Wadi Rum in southern Jordan will likely be one of the filming locations, given the main setting for Dune is the desert planet of Arrakis, which is highly coveted for being the only source of a drug called melange — usually known as “the spice” in the book — the most valuable substance in Dune's fictional universe.

The Atreides noble family once ruled the planet, but it's taken over by Detective Pikachu, Pacific Rim: Uprising).

Isaac is best known for playing Poe Dameron in the Stranger Things), and Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade).

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