Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Denis Villeneuve
Screenplay by	Denis Villeneuve Jon Spaihts
Based on	Dune by Frank Herbert
Produced by	Mary Parent Cale Boyter Patrick McCormick Tanya Lapointe Denis Villeneuve
Starring	Timothée Chalamet Zendaya Rebecca Ferguson Josh Brolin Austin Butler Florence Pugh Dave Bautista Christopher Walken Léa Seydoux Souheila Yacoub Stellan Skarsgård Charlotte Rampling Javier Bardem
Cinematography	Greig Fraser
Edited by	Joe Walker
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production company	Legendary Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06) (Auditorio Nacional) March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) (United States)
Running time	165 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$190 million[2]
Box office	$704.3 million[3][4]

Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic science fiction film directed and produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film, with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, and Souheila Yacoub joining the ensemble cast.

Development began after Legendary Entertainment acquired film and television rights for the Dune franchise in 2016. Villeneuve signed on as director in 2017, intending to make a two-part adaptation of the novel due to its complexity. Production contracts were only secured for the first film, with the second film having to be greenlit based on the first's success. Villeneuve was concerned about the sequel's certainty after the first film had a simultaneous theatrical and HBO Max release but Warner Bros. Pictures assured him the sequel would happen if it performed well on HBO Max. After the critical and commercial success of the first film, Warner Bros. and Legendary green-lit Dune: Part Two in October 2021. Principal photography took place in Budapest, Italy, Jordan, and Abu Dhabi between July and December 2022.

After being delayed from an original November 2023 release date due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, the film premiered at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London, on February 15, 2024, and was released in the United States on March 1. The film has received praise from critics and has grossed over $704 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2024. A sequel based on Herbert's 1969 novel Dune Messiah is in development.