Report: Dune Might Be Close to Finding Its Feyd-Rautha

Austin Butler, who received his first huge break in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is circling the important thing position of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two. This announcement comes after a report earlier this week touting Florence Pugh’s potential casting as Princess Irulan.

Butler, who Deadline reviews is at present in negotiations for the half, could be becoming a member of an all-star solid, together with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, all set to return for Dune: Part Two. The first movie is at present up for 10 Academy Awards, together with Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and a slew of different technical and craft awards.

Butler has change into one thing of a scorching commodity, and can quickly be seen in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis because the King of Rock and Roll himself. He’s additionally taking part in one of many principal characters in World War II drama Masters of Air, Apple TV+’s Band of Brothers spin-off sequence. With this position he’ll seemingly have the chance to be in a number of Dune movies and exhibits, ought to the sequence proceed.

Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is among the antagonists of Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi sequence. The character is arrange because the inheritor to the Harkonnen empire, and is often characterised as being a horribly imply, dangerous particular person in a guide sequence characterised by horribly imply, dangerous individuals. Feyd-Rautha particularly is a little bit of dick, unafraid to interrupt guidelines and never above preventing soiled. Should Butler find yourself taking this position, he’ll have huge footwear to fill after Sting’s memorable portrayal of Feyd-Rautha within the 1984 Dune adaption by David Lynch.

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