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Dune: Part Three Designer Built a 55-Ton Spaceship for the Film
Production designer Patrice Vermette says Dune: Part Three will be a major spectacle as the franchise’s third and final film.
The film follows Paul Atreides after he becomes emperor, continuing the story from the end of Part Two.
Inspired by Frank Herbert’s novel Dune Messiah, it takes place 17 years after the previous film and explores the consequences of Paul’s rule.
Vermette built a 55-ton spaceship for the film’s opening battle, which shows ships attacking a planet under heavy rain.
The crew buried the ship and used cranes and pumps to manage the set and remove water.
Director Denis Villeneuve asked the team not to repeat sets, even though the story remains in the same fictional world.
The film opens on Dec.
18.
Production designer Patrice Vermette says he built a 55-ton spaceship for Dune: Part Three.
The ship was built with both an interior and exterior that could be seen in 360 degrees.
For the film’s opening battle sequence, the ship was buried underground while rain fell across the scene.
Vermette says the film opens on Dec. 18 and takes place 17 years after the events of Part Two.
Director Denis Villeneuve asked Vermette not to repeat sets from the earlier films.
- Who
- Production designer Patrice Vermette built the spaceship for the film directed by Denis Villeneuve.
- What
- A 55-ton spaceship was built for Dune: Part Three’s opening battle sequence.
- When
- The film opens on Dec. 18. The article does not state when the ship was built.
- Where
- The ship was buried underground for the scene. The article does not state where it was built.
- Why
- It was part of the film’s opening battle sequence, which shows ships attacking a planet.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The events of Dune: Part Three take place, exploring the consequences of Paul Atreides’ rule as emperor.
A 55-ton spaceship is buried underground for a battle scene staged in rain.
Dune: Part Three is scheduled to open.
- Designer
- Patrice Vermette
- Spaceship weight
- 55 tons
- Film director
- Denis Villeneuve
- Story setting
- 17 years after the events of Part Two
- Opening date
- Dec. 18
What people are saying
We only built one ship that you see the interior and exterior 360 degrees.
For the whole scene, it rains.
The results, he says, are “worth it.
Let’s challenge each other. Let’s make it different.