Things are now moving rather quickly for the highly anticipated Dune reboot. The Denis Villeneuve film has added yet another Marvel Cinematic Universe star and is set to begin production really soon.
The upcoming movie has reportedly been included in the latest issue of Production Weekly (via ComicBook.com). The film's updated cast list now includes Ant-Man and the Wasp actor David Dastmalchian, who will play Piter De Vries, the Mentat who works for Baron Harkonnen. The role was originally played by the legendary Brad Dourif in the 1984 movie. The casting shouldn't be much of a surprise since Dastmalchian had previously worked with Villeneuve on Blade Runner 2049.
Dastmalchian is just one of the several MCU stars who will be playing bad guys in Dune. Baron Harkonnen will be portrayed by Thor: The Dark World's Stellan Skarsgård while Dave Bautista of Guardians of the Galaxy will take on the role of Glossu Rabban. Josh Brolin, who played Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, will be a good guy for a change, playing Gurney Halleck.
The report also revealed that Dune could begin production by March. In addition to that, a synopsis for the film has been revealed.
Dune will hit theaters on November 20, 2020.
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