DUNE Director Denis Villeneuve Says It Will Be A "Sprint" To Get The Movie Finished In Time For December

DUNE Director Denis Villeneuve Says It Will Be A "Sprint" To Get The Movie Finished In Time For December

Last month, Dune star Rebecca Ferguson said that reshoots will take place "soon...ish," and now director Denis Villeneuve has explained just how tricky it will be to get the movie done by this December.

By JoshWilding - Aug 04, 2020 03:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Dune
Source: Indie Wire

COVID-19 has halted many Hollywood productions, but it's left many others in limbo as they've been unable to go back and film crucial reshoots which would ensure a 2020 release...assuming theaters are open in time, of course. 

During a recent interview for the Shanghai International Film Festival (transcribed by Indie Wire), Dune director Denis Villeneuve addressed where things stand with his movie, and it could end up going right up to the wire.

"I was planning to go back and shoot some elements later because I wanted to readjust the movie," the filmmaker explained. "Time was a luxury that I had. I didn’t know that it would be a pandemic. So when the virus hit North America as we were about to go back to do those elements, the impact was that it crushed my schedule right now."

"It will be a sprint to finish the movie on time right now because we were allowed to go back to shoot those elements in a few weeks. It also meant that I have to finish some elements of the movie, like VFX and the editing, being in Montreal as my crew stayed in Los Angeles."

Villeneuve went on to explain that he's been doing his best to edit Dune from his home in Montreal, but admits that not being in the same room with his collaborators has posed some major issues.

"With my editor sharing equipment, being afar from one [another], but I realize how much editing is like playing music with someone, and you need to be in the same room," he explains. "There’s something about the interaction, human interaction, the spontaneity, the energy in the room. I really miss not being in the same room as my editor. It’s very, very painful."

Dune is currently set to be released on December 18th, but whether it's able to meet that date remains to be seen. You can check out the full interview with Villeneuve in the player below:
 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 8/4/2020, 3:19 AM
This guy might be the most interesting film-maker making big budget movies right now
JustALurker
JustALurker - 8/4/2020, 3:25 AM
Just delay it already, I think the main reason some movies are still scheduled for this year is to keep shareholders invested.
dracula
dracula - 8/4/2020, 3:27 AM
So does the first book work as a self contained story, if not hopefully they consider a sequel. A while back they did adapt two of the sequels into a miniseries
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/4/2020, 3:33 AM
@dracula - This movie is only half of the book
dracula
dracula - 8/4/2020, 3:36 AM
@tmp3 - Oh yeah, heard they are spliting it, I mean for after they are done with the first book. Did they film both back to back or are they going to going to wait and see how the first one does, cause yeah that method has not worked in the past
Animated Lord Of The Rings
That last Divergent movie
Justice League
Goldboink
Goldboink - 8/4/2020, 7:55 AM
@dracula -
The first book is a self contained story.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 8/4/2020, 3:27 AM
OT: ohyyyyeaaaaaaa!!
dracula
dracula - 8/4/2020, 3:37 AM
@RageDriver2401 - hopefully it lives up to the standard set by spiderman
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 8/4/2020, 4:50 AM
Just push it back to 2025 like everything else. 😝
LSHF
LSHF - 8/4/2020, 6:26 AM
For the sake of the viewers, fans, and long-run, the home media sales, PLEASE, movie company, take your time, do it "right", and "then" release it. Moving dates around is common now, so please don't muck up the film just to meet a release date that can be moved.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/4/2020, 9:26 AM
They're just gonna have to push this to 2021 or 2022. Seeing as there's no real heat on this film, it'll give them time to formulate an ad campaign.
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/4/2020, 9:45 AM
@Battabing - Why would they delay a film that only has a week of additional photography already booked to... 2022?

Everything you post is so nonsensical
Battabing
Battabing - 8/4/2020, 9:48 AM
@tmp3 -
I said 2021, which is most likely. But that year is also jam-packed.
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