Oscar Isaac to join ‘Dune’

Oscar Isaac to join ‘Dune’

'Dune' itself is expected to begin filming early this year.

Oscar Isaac (AFP pic)

Oscar Isaac is the latest in a line of big names associated with Denis Villeneuve’s remake of sci-fi classic “Dune.”

After tackling 1982’s cyberpunk icon “Blade Runner” with 2017 sequel “Blade Runner 2049,” Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is preparing Frank Herbert’s “Dune” — previously brought to screen by David Lynch in 1984.

Having already brought in Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling, the Legendary Entertainment film is now expected to add Oscar Isaac to the cast, per Variety.

He’d play Duke Leto Atreides, business and political dynasty figurehead, husband to Lady Jessica (Ferguson), and father to the story’s hero Paul (Chalamet).

The Guatemala-born US actor has held starring or co-starring roles in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy (Episode
IX due December 2019), Alex Garland’s unsettling sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” superhero movie “X-Men: Apocalypse” and the Coen brothers’ faux folk music biopic “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

On “Dune,” he joins another “Star Wars” alumnus, cinematographer Greg Fraser of 2016 spin-off “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Upcoming projects, besides “Star Wars: Episode IX,” include J. C. Chandor’s Netflix action movie “Triple Frontier” (March 15, 2019), animated monster comedy remake “The Addams Family” (October 2019) and World War II double agent thriller “The Garbo Network” (undated).

“Dune” itself is expected to begin filming early this year.

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