Dune – Part 2 is the next feature film that is part of the complex and layered film saga directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner: 2049) who got his hands on one of the most important sci-fi literary legacies ever. We are obviously talking about the Dune Cycle signed by Frank Herbert who, between 1965 and 1985 published 6 novels that were subsequently expanded with other chapters belonging to the same universe in which unfortunately he did not take part (the writer in fact died in 1986). In the past the famous David Lynch tried to adapt the first novel, precisely in 1984, being heavily criticized by even the director himself who was not satisfied with the final result.

Dune – Part 2 is arriving in cinemas on November 1, 2023

Judging by the reception that has been reserved for it, it seems that Villeneuve with Dune, presented among other things at the Cannes Film Festival 2021, seems to have brought this visual experience back on the right path, so much so that Warner Bros. has agreed to make a second part of the feature film that actually transposes the second half of the first novel in anticipation of a massive film saga (and also with serial spin-offs around the corner). While we await the arrival of this new piece of the Arrakis universe, we surprisingly discovered that a famous screenwriter from the world of entertainment worked on the script for the sequel.

We are talking about Craig Mazin, widely appreciated for the miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and for the series The Last of Us (2023). In a chat during the Happy, Sad Confused podcast (as reported by The Playlist), the showrunner himself explained that he was involved in the film, precisely in writing some additional passages of the script, without however actually being the main screenwriter behind the scripts.

“I’m a writer who participated in Dune: Part Two. I got there a long time later… You come in and do some work… Used to be you couldn’t even tell, but now they have this extra ‘Literary Materials’ thing at the end, so they’re ‘More Literary Materials.’