Denis Villeneuve's Dune will focus on empowering its female characters, according to star Rebecca Ferguson.
"Completely and utterly honors the strength of Jessica–the Bene Gesserit that she is, even though she is a concubine and her rights are not as high as the King or what her son becomes," Ferguson told ComingSoon.net. "Denis was very much aligned with creating empowerment and powerful moments for her where they were needed. I think Frank Herbert… when he wrote it he didn’t really live in an understandably equal environment. And the book is great! It has beautiful moments in it. It’s not really where we are or where we should be."
A fan of the original novel, Villeneuve rose to fame over the years with critically acclaimed films such as Bladerunner 2049, Arrival and Sicario. Fans, however, will have to wait a little bit longer for Legendary Pictures' Dune reboot to hit theaters, as the release date was pushed back in August.
The adaptation kicked off filming in March in Budapest, Hungary and Jordan and wrapped up in July. The reboot is expected to span at least two films, with the first film set to cover the first half of the novel.
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Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, Legendary Pictures' Dune stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stephen Henderson and Josh Brolin. The first film has a scheduled release date of Dec. 18, 2020.
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