Marie Gicquel / Photo credit: ANGELA WEISS / AFP 2:43 p.m., February 28, 2024

The film “Dune: Part II” is released in theaters this Wednesday, February 28, a few months late due to the strike in Hollywood.

The show still promises to be there for this new production by Quebecer Denis Villeneuve, with a rejuvenated cast and a very hefty budget.

This is one of the most anticipated films of the beginning of the year.

Dune, Part II

 finally hits theaters this Wednesday, after a few months of delay due to the Hollywood strike.

In the production, we find Quebecer Denis Villeneuve who adapts this monument of science fiction literature. 

The first part grossed more than $400 million worldwide and won six Oscars.

Denis Villeneuve hopes to rake in more with this sequel with a heavy budget of 190 million dollars, double the budgets of

Barbie

or

Oppenheimer

A casting aimed at the younger generation

This sequel is supported by a casting likely to appeal to younger generations: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and even Austin Butler who we had already seen in the film

Elvis

.

Without forgetting the French actress Léa Seydoux. 

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Here we are again, immersed in this great desert eaten away by giant sandworms, located on the planet Arrakis, also called planet Dune.

A place highly coveted for its spice resources.

A precious and rare commodity, at the heart of this galactic war led by Timothée Chalamet.

A great show filmed between Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.