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Making ‘Dune’ – Here’s How Denis Villeneuve and His Team Pulled Off Sci-Fi Epic (Video)
By Steve Pond and Brian Welk | January 11, 2022 @ 11:05 AMTheWrap magazine: It took an army to put Denis Villeneuve’s epic ”Dune“ on screen; here are stories from the director and some of his soldiers
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Why ‘Dune’ Production Designers Built a ‘Visual Bible’ Before Day One of Shooting
By Brian Welk | January 11, 2022 @ 10:45 AMTheWrap magazine: ”You show that to every department, and they get where we’re going,“ Patrice Vermette says
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Why ‘Dune’s’ Biggest Visual Effects Challenge Wasn’t the Worms But the Sand
By Brian Welk | January 11, 2022 @ 10:30 AMTheWrap magazine: ”We scoured the internet to find a great disturbance in the sand, and we just couldn’t find it,“ VFX supervisor Paul Lambert says
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‘Dune’ Composer Hans Zimmer Reveals the Note That ‘Tore the Enamel Off My Teeth’
By Brian Welk | January 11, 2022 @ 10:16 AMTheWrap magazine: Oscar winner wanted his singer to ”unleash that inner female strength“ for a key scene
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‘Dune’ Costume Designers Were Inspired by Everything From Balenciaga to Tarot Cards to Insects
By Brian Welk | January 11, 2022 @ 10:09 AMTheWrap magazine: ”It was clear that Denis wanted this psychological, multilayered political drama,“ Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan say
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Why ‘Dune’ Editor Traveled to Budapest But Wouldn’t Go on the Set
By Steve Pond | January 11, 2022 @ 10:01 AMTheWrap magazine: ”It’s really hard to cut things out after you’ve seen how much work goes into it,“ editor Joe Walker says
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The Sound of ‘Dune': The Giant Worm Was Hard, But the Magical Voice Was Harder
By Steve Pond | January 11, 2022 @ 9:55 AMTheWrap magazine: ”We never fully nailed what we wanted to do until the last week of final mixes,“ sound editor Mark Mangini says
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‘Dune’ Cinematographer Still Finds Sand in His Luggage 2 Years After the Shoot
By Steve Pond | January 11, 2022 @ 9:51 AMTheWrap magazine: “When you go to the desert, sand gets into every single thing you own,” Greig Fraser says
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‘Old Henry’ Star Tim Blake Nelson on the Best Career Advice He Ever Got
By Steve Pond | Photograph by Embry Lopez | December 16, 2021 @ 11:45 AMTheWrap magazine: ”You’re a character actor. It’s not about everything changing for you in one moment,“ Nelson says Lois Smith told him early in his career
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How Theater Veteran Kathryn Hunter Made Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Extra Spooky
By Steve Pond | December 16, 2021 @ 10:15 AMTheWrap magazine: ”I’m happy working physically,“ Hunter says of playing all three witches in Coen’s version of the Shakespeare tragedy
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‘King Richard’ Stars Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton Weren’t Fooled by Audition for Phony Spelling-Bee Movie
By Steve Pond | December 15, 2021 @ 8:15 PMTheWrap magazine: “It was pretty obvious what the story was really about,” Singleton recalls
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‘Red Rocket’ Star Simon Rex Reveals the Secret to Playing a Likable Horrible Person
By Steve Pond | December 15, 2021 @ 1:45 PMTheWrap magazine: ”I liken him to a cute puppy who’s chewing the newspaper and s—ting on the rug,“ he says of his hyperactive hustler character
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Why ‘CODA’ Recital Scene Was the Perfect Moment to See (and Hear) the World From Deaf Characters’ Perspective
By Brian Welk | December 15, 2021 @ 9:45 AMTheWrap Magazine: “I think you all take your hearing for granted,” Oscar winner Marlee Matlin says
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How the ‘Mass’ Cast Navigated an Intense School-Shooting Drama – and Is Still Bickering About It
By Steve Pond | December 14, 2021 @ 1:50 PMTheWrap magazine: Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton and Reed Birney talk (and argue) about the art of ensemble acting
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‘The First Wave’ Director Hopes His COVID Doc Inspires Compassion and Catharsis
By Joe McGovern | December 14, 2021 @ 12:21 PMTheWrap magazine: ”It’s a film about human beings coming together in crisis. And in the face of this awful virus, that was a beautiful thing to witness,“ Matthew Heineman says