Half Two Nabs 2 Main Oscars Wins in a Row

Director David Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Two takes residence back-to-back Oscars.

Per CBR on Twitter, Dune: Half Two gained the Oscar for Finest Sound on the 97th Academy Awards. Solely moments later, the movie additionally gained the Academy Award for Finest Visible Results.

Dune: Half Two follows the occasions of 2021’s Dune, bringing again a lot of the primary movie’s forged together with Timothée Chalamet within the main function of Paul Atreides, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Zendaya as Chani, and Rebecca Ferguson as Woman Jessica. The movie picks up within the wake of the destruction of Home Atreides by the hands of Home Harkonnen, the latter of whom additionally conquered the long-lasting desert planet of Arrakis on the finish of Dune. Over the course of Dune: Half Two, audiences noticed Chalamet’s Paul Atreides wage warfare towards each his private enemies and the planet’s would-be rulers, culminating at first of a holy warfare for the way forward for Arrakis, its individuals, and in the end the way forward for the universe.

Dune: Half Two was met with rave critiques from critics upon its launch. Audiences all around the globe have been additionally enthralled with the movie, serving to Dune: Half Two amass an astonishing $714.4 million on the field workplace towards a price range of $190 million. On high of a whopping 5 Academy Awards nominations, Dune: Half Two was nominated for dozens of main business awards together with seven BAFTAs, ten Critics Alternative Awards, and two Golden Globes. Dune: Half Two additionally gained a Grammy Award for Finest Rating Soundtrack for Visible Media, an honor it was disqualified for on the Academy Awards because of the quantity of music carried over from the primary movie.

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Again in September 2024, Villeneuve himself opened up about why he does not see Dune: Half Two ever receiving a direct sequel. “First, It is necessary that individuals perceive that for me, it was actually a diptych,” Villeneuve defined. “It was actually a pair of flicks that would be the adaptation of the primary ebook. That is accomplished and that is completed. If I do a 3rd one, which is within the writing course of, it is not like a trilogy. It is unusual to say that, but when I’m going again there, it’s to do one thing that feels completely different and has its personal id.”

Supply: CBR on Twitter

Dune: Half Two

Launch Date

February 27, 2024

Runtime

167 minutes

Director

Denis Villeneuve

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  Timothée Chalamet

  Paul Atreides

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