Dune Cinematographer Assures Fans That It Will Look Different from Star Wars

Dune is looking to be one of the most anticipated releases of the year, with an all-star cast and one of the best directors working in Hollywood right now, there's almost no way that it will fail. It also has Greig Fraser shooting the movie, which means that this is going to be a gorgeous film. If you were a fan of the visuals from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Mandalorian, this is going to be a treat.

Of course, that also presents a brand-new problem; what if it just looks like a Star Wars movie? Thankfully, that's something Fraser has assured won't happen since he had made himself forget a whole bunch of Star Wars to work on this film and even points out certain scenery from George Lucas' mega-franchise was probably inspired from Dune.

It was quite fun because I had to forget a lot of Star Wars when I was making Dune. It wasn't hard, though. Denis and I spoke clearly about how the film should look and should feel, and the formats and this and that, so it was not hard to swerve and change lanes. There were some similarities like the deserts. I mean listen, ultimately I'm positive George Lucas was inspired by Dune when he made Star Wars. I don't know if that's sacrilegious to talk about, but there are a lot of similarities in some areas, so you could tell he was definitely influenced by that. So I had to be careful doing both [Dune and The Mandalorian] and not to repeat myself. Also not just for the sake of the movie, but for fun. I hate to do the same thing twice.

Considering how a lot of sci-fi movies end up looking like Star Wars, it was good of Fraser to acknowledge that this movie is going to look different from another franchise that he is very well-acquainted with. We're definitely interested to see how different this movie is going to look, not just when compared to Star Wars but to the original Dune.

Dune will be coming out on December 18.

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