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Christopher Walken is set to play Emperor Shaddam IV in Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part Two', joining an already impressive all-star cast.

Monday morning, as soon as we leave Los Angeles, it will be to start to go on with prep.” Speaking to ET Canada at a pre- Oscars event celebrating Oscar nominees from Canada, Villeneuve said of the forthcoming sequel: “It’s gonna be intense. Of what to expect, he added: “I cannot say nothing about the movie – I don’t like to talk about projects as I am doing them – but it’s probably going to be the biggest challenge of my career, again, because it’s even more complex than part one.”

sources tell Deadline Christopher Walken is in talks to play the Emperor Warner Bros. and Legendary's Dune Part Two.

Production is expected to start in the fall, with the film set to bow on October 20, 2023. Even with Dune: Part One going day-and-date on HBO Max, the film was still able to thrive in theaters with an opening weekend of $41 million, which exceeded expectations and led to a quick greenlight for a sequel weeks later. Villeneuve is back to write, direct and produce.

Christopher Walken, Florence Pugh and Austin Butler have joined the cast of sequel 'Dune: Part Two.'

The ICM-repped Walken is coming off co-starring in the Apple TV+ thriller Severance, the first season of which debuted earlier this year and has been renewed for a second season. Jose Ferrer played the part in the 1984 movie adaptation by David Lynch. He also co-wrote the script with Jon Spaihts.

The actor joins the recently announced Florence Pugh and Austin Butler in the ensemble.

It’s the second part of the big huge movie that I’m trying to do. Villeneuve is returning to helm the continuation of his adaptation of the first book in Frank Herbert’s Dune series. The film’s release date is coming up fast and Villeneuve recently spoke to that timeframe crunch in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “The good news is that a lot of the work has been done already regarding design, casting, locations, and writing.

Denis Villeneuve is adding yet another big name to the highly anticipated sequel of Dune, as Christopher Walken has joined the film.

The outlet notes that there is another major part currently being cast during the pre-production of the project: Princess Irulen, the Emperor’s daughter. Florence Pugh is reportedly being eyed to portray Princess Irulan. In Dune: Part 2, the Emperor will play an even larger role, as he and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) will have to try and quell a rebellion that begins to form.

Walken is the latest actor to join the cast for Dune: Part Two, following Florence Pugh (who will star as the Emperor's daughter Princess Irulan) and Austin ...

As many people have noted on social media, Walken’s addition in Dune fulfills a prophecy cast over two decades ago by Fatboy Slim: His “Weapon of Choice” — bolstered by a now-legendary video directed by Spike Jonze and starring Walken and his dance moves — prominently featured the lyric “Walk without rhythm, and it won’t attract the worm,” which is advice doled out in Herbert’s novel. The role also cements Walken’s resurgence of late, as the beloved actor has recently appeared in popular streaming shows like Severance and The Outlaws. Christopher Walken will portray the Emperor of the universe in Dune: Part Two, the upcoming second installment of director Denis Villenueve’s Oscar-nominated space epic.

It was the Emperor who tasked House Atreides with taking custody of Arrakis from the Harkonnens, but secretly, he was plotting with Baron Harkonnen to eliminate ...

In addition to Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, Dune 2 will also see the return of Zendaya, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and Dave Bautista in their respective roles. Emperor Shaddam IV was previously played by José Ferrer in David Lynch’s Dune movie and Giancarlo Giannini in the 2000 Dune miniseries. With Leto (played by Oscar Isaac) now dead, Dune 2 will see the Emperor and the Baron dealing with the rebellion of Arrakis’ native Fremen led by Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, who escaped being killed alongside his mother, Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica.

Christopher Walken is confirmed to play Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV of House Corrino in Dune: Part Two!

Keep in mind that the Baron Harkonnen also hopes to rival the emperor’s power, not least of all by also seeking a marriage contract through Irulan. And he proved it again with a series of wildly differing casting choices that ranged from David Cronenberg’s frosty Stephen King adaptation, The Dead Zone (1983), to an all-time high, scenery-chewing turn as a yuppie supervillain in the Roger Moore-era James Bond movie, A View to a Kill (1985). The news, which comes out of Deadline ahead of the film’s fall start date for principal photography, is in-keeping with a universe already populated with familiar faces after the first movie.

Christopher Walken joined the Hollywood constellation in the cast of the second installment of Dune. The Academy Award winner got the role of Padishah ...

The 79-year-old is a Hollywood veteran who took his first steps in the show business in the 1960s. But first, Paul must go to the most dangerous planet in the universe to save his family and fellow citizens. A fierce struggle has broken out on the planet over access to the most valuable known materials that cannot be found anywhere else. “Dune” is an adaptation of the cult science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The hero of the film is Prince Paul Atreda. This brilliant young man is destined for him with a wonderful fate that he himself cannot fathom. The premiere of the second part of “Dunes” is scheduled for October 20, 2023. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer.