{"id":13541,"date":"2022-05-13T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/christopher-walken-79-joins-the-cast-of-dune-part-two-weeks-after-florence-pugh-also-signs-on\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T07:30:00","slug":"christopher-walken-79-joins-the-cast-of-dune-part-two-weeks-after-florence-pugh-also-signs-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/christopher-walken-79-joins-the-cast-of-dune-part-two-weeks-after-florence-pugh-also-signs-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Walken, 79, joins the cast of Dune: Part Two weeks after Florence Pugh also signs on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christopher Walken, 79, joins the cast of Dune: Part Two weeks after Florence Pugh and Austin Butler also sign on<\/h2>\n

By Mark Mcgreal For Dailymail.Com <\/p>\n

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Dune: Part Two just added another legendary Hollywood talent. <\/p>\n

Christopher Walken signed on to play the role of Emperor Shaddam IV in the highly-anticipated sequel based on Frank Herbert’s novel Dune, according to The Hollywood Reporter. <\/p>\n

Dune was critically-acclaimed earning ten Academy Award nods and winning six of the coveted trophies. <\/p>\n

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Big move: Dune: Part Two just added another legendary Hollywood talent in Christopher Walken (pictured 2016)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Zendaya and Javier Bardem will reprise their roles from the initial film as will many others. <\/span><\/p>\n

Walken, 79, is just the latest new arrival to the cast which now boasts Midsommar star Florence Pugh and Elvis actor Austin Butler. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Catch Me If You Can actor’s character will terrorize the populace of Arrakis, the planet Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and his family were sent to in the original film.<\/span><\/p>\n

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mperor Walken: Christopher Walken signed on to play the role of Emperor Shaddam IV in the highly-anticipated sequel based on Frank Herbert’s novel Dune<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Returning cast: Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Zendaya and Javier Bardem will reprise their roles from the initial film as will many others (Chalamet left, Rebecca Ferguson right) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He will work with Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd’s evil Vladimir Harkonnen to put down a rebellion started by Chalamet and the Fremen, the planet’s indigenous inhabitants who live in the inhospitable desert. <\/p>\n

The film is currently set for release in October 2023. <\/p>\n

Walken’s role as the emperor will be his first in a movie since his film Wild Mountain Thyme came out in 2020. <\/p>\n

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Another newcomer: Florence Pugh will reportedly join the cast as Princess Irulan Corrino (pictured 2021)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another new face: Austin Butler (pictured April 2022) will also join reportedly the Dune universe as Feyd-Rautha<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He’s appeared in a pair of television series since then including the Amazon Prime Video series The Outlaws and Ben Stiller’s series Severance. <\/p>\n

The former follows a group of strangers who have to work together while doing community service in England. <\/p>\n

Severance centers around a group of office workers who have their memories surgically divided between work and their personal lives until a mysterious colleague helps them try to discover the truth. <\/p>\n

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Keeping busy: Walken has appeared in a pair of television series in the last few years including the Amazon Prime Video series The Outlaws (pictured here) and Ben Stiller’s series Severance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Christopher Walken, 79, joins the cast of Dune: Part Two weeks after Florence Pugh and Austin Butler also sign on By Mark Mcgreal For Dailymail.Com Published: 4:24 pm EDT, May 12, 2022 | Updated: 4:28 PM EDT, May 12, 2022 Dune: Part Two just added another legendary Hollywood talent. Christopher Walken signed on to play …<\/p>\n

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