Dune 2’s new trailer introduces Austin Butler’s fighting machine and Christopher Walken’s Emperor
The second trailer for Dune: Part Two has been released.
The three-minute clip showcases many more new characters in Denis Villeneuve’s franchise adapted from Frank Herbert’s famed sci-fi novels.
Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis) is introduced properly for the first time since his casting was announced last year. The 31-year-old former Disney star is unrecognisable as the fearsome Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, younger nephew and heir of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård).
The trailer shows Feyd-Rautha adeptly dispatching an opponent in some kind of gladiator’s colosseum before later taking on Timothée Chalamet’s lead character, Paul Atreides, in hand-to-hand combat.
The video also teases looks at Christopher Walken’s Emperor Shaddam IV and his daughter Princess Irulan, played by Florence Pugh. Walken’s character coldly tells Paul in the trailer: “Your father was a weak man.”
Paul’s father, Duke Leto Atreides (played by Oscar Isaac), died in Villeneuve’s first Dune film (2021) at the hand of Baron Vladimir.
“Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family,” the film’s official logline reads.
“Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavours to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.”
New cast members to join the sequel include Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot, a Bene Gesserit; Souheila Yacoub as a Fremen warrior; and Tim Blake Nelson. Reprising their roles from the 2021 film are Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
Dune: Part Two is out in cinemas on 3 November.
