The new issue of Empire Magazine features a cover story on director Denis Villenuve's adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic DUNE, and a few days ago we shared a look at the covers that have been put together for the issue. Now Empire has released a few new images from DUNE online, and these can be seen below.
In the images, we get a new look at Jason Momoa as swordmaster Duncan Idaho; Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, "a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding"; Zendaya as Chani, "a mystery woman who haunts Paul in his dreams"; Oscar Issac as Paul's father Duke Leto Atreides; Josh Brolin as troubadour-swordsman Gurney Halleck; Rebecca Ferguson as Paul's mother Lady Jessica; and Javier Bardem as helpful tribe leader Stilgar.
Villeneuve wrote the screenplay for the film with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, telling a story in which Paul
must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence – a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential – only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Also in the cast are Stellan Skarsgård as the villainous Baron Harkonnen, Dave Bautista as Harkonnen's brutish nephew Glossu Rabban, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as ecologist Doctor Liet Kynes, Charlotte Rampling as the emperor's truthsayer Reverend Mother Mohiam, David Dastmalchian as the twisted Piter De Vries, Chang Chen as Atreides family physician Dr. Yueh, and Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, Master of Assassins for House Atreides.
Mary Parent and Cale Boyter produce the film with Villeneuve. Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Thomas Tull, and Kim Herbert served as executive producers. Kevin J. Anderson was the creative consultant.
This will be the third adaptation of DUNE. The two previous adaptations were a 1984 film directed by David Lynch and a 2000 mini-series directed by John Harrison. The new film is set to reach theatres on December 18th.