Culture news Denis Villeneuve compares Dune 2 to Oppenheimer… Here is the recap of today’s culture news!
It’s Wednesday, February 28, and today marks the release of the Dune sequel in theaters. Here’s everything you shouldn’t miss when it comes to films, series and streaming platforms.
Summary
- “I have confidence”: Denis Villeneuve compares Dune 2 to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the success of the film depends on one and only thing
- After season 2 of House of the Dragon, another Game of Thrones series will be waiting… until 2025!
- This Scene From Jenna Ortega’s Upcoming Movie Is So Controversial, Hollywood Is Dramatically Changing The Rules About Intimacy
- The creators of Game of Thrones make a promise: their future Netflix series will not be a sci-fi clone of the HBO saga
“I have confidence”: Denis Villeneuve compares Dune 2 to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the success of the film depends on one and only thing
Finally, Dune, Second Part is now available in all our fine French cinemas: great news for sci-fi fans, which director Denis Villeneuve welcomes with great confidence. He even allows himself a little comparison with Oppenheimer, a film by Christopher Nolan released last year which is a little over three hours long: “Also think of Oppenheimer. It’s a three-hour R-rated film about nuclear physics and almost all talking. But the audience was young all the same, it was by far the film of the year for my kids. There’s a trend. Young people love watching long movies because if they pay, they want to see something substantial. They’re hungry for meaningful content.”
After season 2 of House of the Dragon, another Game of Thrones series will be waiting… until 2025!
After House of the Dragon season 2, HBO will set the setting for its next story 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones. The next spin-off is called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Edge Knight and focuses on the wandering knight Dunk, ancestor of Brienne, and his squire, Egg, who is none other than the future King Aegon V. Targaryen, grandfather of Daenerys Targaryen. Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav Discovery, indicated word for word that “the new spin-off series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, will premiere in late 2025 on Max”.
This Scene From Jenna Ortega’s Upcoming Movie Is So Controversial, Hollywood Is Dramatically Changing The Rules About Intimacy
Recently, many Internet users expressed their discomfort at seeing actress Jenna Ortega, young revelation from the Netflix series Wednesday, filming sexual scenes with actor Martin Freeman (31 years her senior) for the film Miller’s Girl ( coming in 2024). Kristina Arjona, intimacy coordinator on set, however, made a point of saying that Ortega was “sure of what she wanted to do” for her sex scene and was fully supported during the process. A long statement made in the columns of the Daily Mail which was intended to be reassuring but which alarmed the American Guild, forced to strengthen its protocol on filming. “Intimacy Coordinators are a crucial resource on all film sets to ensure the protection of our members working in intimate scenes” a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson told Deadline, adding that “Intimacy coordinators must maintain the confidentiality of an actor’s work and experience performing highly sensitive scenes, unless they have the actor’s permission to share this information publicly. “
The creators of Game of Thrones make a promise: their future Netflix series will not be a sci-fi clone of the HBO saga
The creators of Game of Thrones wanted their new Netflix sci-fi series to be “different in many ways” from HBO’s cult fantasy epic. Statements made in the columns of the latest issue of Total Film. The 3-Body Problem centers on an alien invasion not expected to arrive on Earth for 400 years and a virtual reality. An atypical pitch which will be shown on Netflix from March 21. “It wasn’t easy to turn the books into a television series,” confides the showrunner, “but we knew it was different from anything we had encountered.”