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☆ How 'Challengers' turned Zendaya and the cast into tennis stars, from strength training to 10,000-calorie diets
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist star as tennis players in Luca Guadagnino's movie "Challengers." AdvertisementCompeting at such a high level doesn't happen overnight for professional tennis players, who spend years sharpening their skills with coaches, trainers, nutritionists, and sports psychologists. So to convincingly play elite players, Zendaya, O'Connor, and Faist turned to Gilbert, who has coached players like Andy Roddick and Coco Gauff to championship wins at the US Open. Zendaya, O'Connor, and Faist underwent physical transformations to look like tennis prosMike Faist as Art Donaldson in "Challengers." Zendaya and Faist had two months of preparation before traveling to Boston to start filming "Challengers."

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☆ Ancient ‘Dune’-like Sandworm Existed Far Longer Than Thought
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jack Tamisiea | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

With a head covered in rows of curved spines, ancient Selkirkia worms could easily be confused with the razor-toothed sandworms that inhabit the deserts of Arrakis in “Dune: Part Two.”During the Cambrian Explosion more than 500 million years ago, these weird worms — which lived inside long, cone-shaped tubes — were some of the most common predators on the seafloor. “If you were a small invertebrate coming across them, it would have been your worst nightmare,” said Karma Nanglu, a paleontologist at Harvard. “It’s like being engulfed by a conveyor belt of fangs and teeth.”Thankfully for would-be spice harvesters, these ravenous worms disappeared hundreds of million years ago. But a trove of recently analyzed fossils from Morocco reveals that these formidable predators measuring only an inch or two in length, persisted much longer than previously thought.

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☆ Opinion: The next time I want to see Timothée Chalamet, I’ll do it from the comfort of my couch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Opinion Sara Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Last week, I ditched work one day and went to a matinee at a local AMC theater. It was a Timothée Chalamet movie, because statistically of course it was. There are few things this movie nerd loves more than a big, loud sci-fi fantasy epic on an IMAX screen. It’s as if big movie chains are responding to the dire warnings about the death of their industry by deciding they’ll simply force-feed their remaining audience as much monetizable property as possible. Long live the fun movie theater experience, which is totally possible!

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☆ Anya Taylor-Joy's cameo in 'Dune: Part Two' explained: Who Alia Atreides is and why she matters for 'Dune: Part Three'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAnya-Taylor Joy's cameo in "Dune: Part Two" only last a few seconds, but it could lead to something bigger if Warner Bros. gives the go-ahead for "Dune: Part Three." Anya Taylor-Joy plays Alia Atreides in 'Dune: Part Two'Anya Taylor-Joy at the "Dune: Part Two" New York premiere and Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica. Alia Atreides could replace her brother in 'Dune: Part Three'Timothée Chalamet in "Dune: Part Two." Or Villeneuve could just chalk up the accelerated aging to the spooky space-witch magic of Lady Jessica and the Bene Gesserit. So there's plenty of plot twists for Taylor-Joy to explore as Alia if "Dune: Part Three" gets off the ground.

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☆ Denis Villeneuve wants to make 'Dune 3' — here's what's in store for Timothée Chalamet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's what's in store for Timothée Chalamet if Villeneuve gets the green light. "'Dune Messiah' was written in reaction to the fact that people perceived Paul Atreides as a hero. Paul Atreides will be the Emperor of the universe in "Dune 3"Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides on Calodan in "Dune." "Dune 3" would also introduce Paul and Chani's childrenZendaya as Chani and Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune." AdvertisementPaul may exile himself to the desert at the end of "Dune 3"Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."

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☆ I cannot express to you how unbelievably bald Austin Butler is in 'Dune: Part Two'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A recap: Villeneuve's "Dune" series (currently two films, potentially a third) is an adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal novel. Worry about Austin Butler's shiny head. Proof that Austin Butler is enthrallingly hot in "Dune: Part Two." AdvertisementI need you to look — really look — at Austin Butler. one thing that’s not a spoiler I will say is no matter how many previews you see of dune 2, austin butler is somehow balder than that in the movie.

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☆ ‘Dune: Part Two’ Gives Sci-Fi-Obsessed Silicon Valley a Reason to Party
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Mike Isaac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a top-floor atrium in downtown San Francisco on Thursday evening, tech workers from Google, Slack, X and Mozilla mingled next to a pair of cardboard cutouts of Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. Alex Stamos, the former head of security at Facebook, was also spotted. “Do you think they’ll let me take home one of the freaky sandworm popcorn buckets?” someone in the crowd tittered. The techies were all there to celebrate Silicon Valley’s newest obsession: “Dune: Part 2,” the latest movie adapted from the Frank Herbert-authored science-fiction saga, which helped inspire many of them to become interested in technology. The film, which follows the 2021 installment “Dune,” sold an estimated $81.5 million in tickets in the United States and Canada over the weekend, the biggest opening for a Hollywood film since “Barbie.”

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☆ What it would take for humans to actually survive the harsh conditions on Dune's planet Arrakis
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Frank Herbert first described this harsh, fictional world of Arrakis in his 1965 novel "Dune," which was recently adapted into a film trilogy. The movie was shot in the deserts outside Abu Dhabi, but we wondered what it would actually take to survive on a real-life Arrakis. AdvertisementDune's planet Arrakis has enormous sandworms, a drug known as spice that helps with interstellar travel, and two moons. Planet Arrakis lacks oceans, lakes, or even tiny puddles on its surface. Surviving the temperature extremesIf the lack of water on Arrakis doesn't kill you, the heat certainly will if you're not prepared.

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☆ ‘Dune: Part Two’ can inspire you to revisit these other timeless sci-fi sequels
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Twentieth Century Fox/Courtesy Everett CollectionWhat better way to start off than with one of the greatest sequels – and sci-fi films in general – ever made, with a screenplay that’s been taught in film schools. ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982)DeForest Kelley, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (2014)Andy Serkis in 2014's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." ‘Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980)"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). “Dune: Part Two” is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros.

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☆ Breaking down the thrilling ending of 'Dune: Part Two,' and if we'll ever see a third movie
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Though the movie's ending takes some liberties from Herbert's book, it should leave audiences begging for a third movie. In the movie's thrilling conclusion, Paul drinks the Water of Life, which is supposed to bring death to any man who consumes it. Sure, they might stay together if Villeneuve gets to make "Dune 3," but it could be a while before that happens. AdvertisementIn late 2023, he said at a press conference in South Korea that the screenplay for the third movie, which would be based on Herbert's book "Dune Messiah," was "almost finished." But even if "Dune: Part Two" becomes a box office success, the director will not hustle to close the trilogy.

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☆ ‘Dune’ Fans, Here’s a Documentary That Will Blow Your Mind
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Alissa Wilkinson | More About Alissa Wilkinson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week sees the release of “Dune: Part Two,” the second installment in Denis Villeneuve’s eye-popping adaptation of the 1965 Frank Herbert novel. Perhaps you’ve seen the Lynch version, which I find kind of charming in its flawed state. But if you’re heading to “Dune: Part Two” this weekend, you owe it to yourself to be acquainted with another “Dune” adaptation that doesn’t technically exist and, somehow, is also larger than life. I’m speaking of the “Dune” we glimpse in Frank Pavich’s 2014 documentary “Jodorowsky’s Dune” (streaming on Max). It chronicles the “Dune” adaptation that never happened, the bright dream of the avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (who did make “El Topo” and “The Holy Mountain”).

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☆ ‘Dune: Part Two’: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Danielle Dowling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Dune” is set about 20,000 years in the future, and much of the series takes place on the desert planet of Arrakis. Part of the galactic empire of the Imperium, which is ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam, Arrakis is vital because it offers a necessary resource — spice — that exists nowhere else. In “Part One,” the emperor transferred control of Arrakis from the brutes of House Harkonnen to their longtime foes, House Atreides. “Part Two” opens with the words “Power over spice is power over all.” After a religious revolt against robots millenniums before the start of the series, the use of intelligent machines was banned. The resource is particularly crucial to the navigators, who enable interstellar travel.

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☆ Critics call 'Dune: Part Two' a 'sci-fi masterpiece' and one of the 'greatest sequels ever'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A critic hailed it as "the best sci-fi epic of the century." AdvertisementIt's time to return to Arrakis for the much-anticipated sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2021 epic "Dune." Prepare for a cliffhanger endingLike in the first movie, you're not going to get many answers by the end. Inverse's Hoai-Tran Bui dubbed it "the best sci-fi epic of the century" in her headline. "It's a towering feat of sci-fi cinema that will put 'Dune: Part Two' in contention for the pantheon of greatest sequels ever."

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☆ Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya recall meeting ‘terrifying creature’ Austin Butler on ‘Dune: Part Two’ set
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Recalling her first day on set in Budapest, Zendaya told CNN in a recent interview that arriving to see an in-character Butler filming one of his scenes “was quite jarring.”The “Euphoria” star added that it was her first time “properly meeting and getting to know” Butler. “But it was also funny because once you get to know Austin, you see that he’s obviously very warm and very kind. From just five seconds ago, being this terrifying creature, and then being like, ‘Hey, how are you? Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. PicturesIn the end though, Chalamet said that while his fight sequences with Butler required a lot of work, it turned out well. “But it was a dream.”In “Dune: Part Two,” – which comes from Warner Bros. Pictures, owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros.

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☆ Opinion: ‘Dune: Part Two’ falls into a familiar – and telling – trap
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

His hero, Paul Atreides, is filled with doubts about his role as a Messianic leader and director of colonial conquest. (The distributor of “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two” shares a parent company, Warner Bros. So in the movie, it’s not just Paul who sees problems with his colonial power. Timothée Chalamet in "Dune: Part Two" Warner Bros. PicturesIn the book, Chani is mostly supportive of Paul, with few reservations. Paul feels bad for being the destined one; Herbert and Villeneuve, to varying degrees, seem to regret making Paul the destined one.

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☆ Zendaya's robot outfit at the 'Dune: Part Two' world premiere has divided the internet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zendaya wore a silver suit of armor to the "Dune: Part Two" world premiere on Thursday. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementZendaya wore a silver suit of armor for the “Dune: Part Two” world premiere in London on Thursday night, dividing the internet on whether it was stunning or laughable. Many criticized him considering the effort that Zendaya went to with her silver suit.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Villeneuve doesn’t feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two.” In his mind, he never left. Photos You Should See View All 21 Images“We all walked at the beginning into this project feeling confident,” Villeneuve said. “Dune: Part Two” cost a reported $122 million to produce and is arriving in theaters not a moment too soon. Christopher Nolan recently compared it to “The Empire Strikes Back.” Villeneuve demurred, but the internet went wild. “I think that’s the way movies will survive.”

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☆ Look of the Week: Zendaya is the latest A-lister to lean into method dressing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Marco Ugarte/APIt’s the latest in a budding line of sci-fi themed press tour looks turned out by the actor and her longtime stylist Law Roach. Earlier in the week, while sitting front-row at the Schiaparelli couture show, Zendaya was seen in a custom gown from the label’s new season. “Part human, part something else.”Like an alien cephalopod, Zendaya's gown included what looked like a silhouette of suckers. “All her clothes (on the press tour) were inspired by the movie,” Roach told CNN in 2022.

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Time isn’t inverting: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is coming back to movie theaters for a week in IMAX 70mm and on other large-format screens. The limited re-release of Nolan’s mind-bender starring John David Washington will begin on Feb. 23, Warner Bros. The showings will also feature new footage from Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two,” which opens a week later on March 1. “On ‘Dune,’ we shot several sequences for IMAX, and I simply loved it, so for ‘Dune: Part Two,’ we pushed it to 100 percent of the movie,” Villeneuve said in a statement. “I am just as eager to see ‘Tenet’ again, but now in 70mm IMAX, the way they filmed it, to fully appreciate his vision for this incredible film,” Villeneuve added.

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☆ OpenAI tried to develop an AI model named after a dystopian hellscape in 'Dune,' but the project failed to land, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI may have looked to a sci-fi dystopia to draw inspiration for a new AI model. The ChatGPT developer worked on an AI model codenamed Arrakis, The Information reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI reportedly scrapped the launch of an AI model named after the dystopian desert world of science-fiction epic "Dune" after it failed to meet expectations. OpenAI began work on Arrakis alongside GPT-4, its latest AI model , to create a system that could power AI applications like ChatGPT much more cheaply, the Information report said. Despite the surging growth, OpenAI faces several challenges ahead, as competitor Google prepares to release rival AI model Gemini , while an AI safety summit next month is likely to bring the company's technology under fresh scrutiny.

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☆ Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Was Never Made, but With A.I., We Get a Glimpse of His ‘Tron’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Frank Pavich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

I was recently shown some frames from a film that I had never heard of: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1976 version of “Tron.” The sets were incredible. However, Mr. Jodorowsky, the visionary Chilean filmmaker, never tried to make “Tron.” I’m not even sure he knows what “Tron” is. caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption Generation Text prompt The A.I. caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption Generation Text prompt The A.I. If A.I.s were eligible for the Academy Awards, I’d vote for “Jodorowsky’s Tron” for best A.I.

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