In order to prove himself to the Fremen, Paul Atreides must be able to ride Shai-Hulud. (That's sci-fi lingo for those giant sand beasts.) The scene was also a big test for director Denis Villeneuve.

Dune: Part Two is a thrilling big-budget blockbuster, and one of the most thrilling things about it is sandriding. Sandriding is the Fremen term for riding on one of the movie's giant sand worms, ...

Looking for answers on our own planet begins with the sandworm’s namesake—the humble earthworm. Before they become dried-out bits of gunk on your driveway, earthworms spend their lives employing one ...

Author Frank Herbert never exactly explained how the Fremen hailed their desert Ubers, leaving Denis Villeneuve and team a monumental task. The next chapter in the mythic journey of Paul Atreides ...

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The question was even posed to director Denis Villeneuve. “I know how, but there was no time to show it in Part Two,” he told reporter Tara Hitchcock. “If ever there is such a thing as Dune Messiah, ...

While everyone was being mesmerized by Timothee Chalamet’s swoopy hair and defined cheekbones in the first Dune installment, director Denis Villeneuve was quietly preparing what would be the hardest ...

It’s the moment everyone has been waiting for. To see Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides ride a sandworm in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. The moment was teased at the very end of the first film and now, in ...

Beach-goers were aghast after a bloodsucking sea beast the size of a child washed ashore in the UK, sparking comparisons to the supersized sandworms from “Dune.” A photo of the parasitic critter made ...

It happened as it was written: “Dune: Part Two,” expected to spice up the box office, has done so. The sequel to “Dune: Part One” (2021) earned an estimated $81.5 million for its opening weekend at ...