The highly anticipated release of Dune: Part Two might come with a major timeline problem. Bringing Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic of the Atreides lineage to life has always come with difficulties in getting an onscreen interpretation just right. Denis Villeneuve, the most recent director to take on the substantial task, has come after Dune ventures that have been built only to be scrapped, become notorious failures, or never seen the light of day.
In order to combat the saga's on-screen nonsuccesses, Villeneuve has parsed his Dune adaptation into parts - enabling him to take crucial time to focus on the world and plot building details of Herbert's classic but extensive literature. While Villeneuve's Dune movie was highly acclaimed for its preparation and his Dune: Part Two, ed by both new and returning Dune cast and characters, is expected to follow suit, Villeneuve may have to contend with his interpretation running into a major problem. Dune's onscreen history has always been met with notorious hassles, and although Villeneuve has made an effort to avoid such difficulties, he may have created his own timeline complications.
Dune Part 2 Is Going To Have A Time Jump
Despite Villeneuve's relatively scrupulous observation of Herbert's literature, his decision to split his Dune into parts creates a problem only because of where he decided to sever the narrative.Dune's meaningful ending saw Paul Atreides' first encounter with the Fremen and his introduction into their sietch. In the Dune novel, Paul's initiation into the Fremen community happens well before a near two-year time jump - if Villeneuve plans to continue to follow Dune's source material, this knowledge predicts that Dune: Part Two will involve a considerable jump in time that may not be as graceful as audiences would like.
In Herbert's novel, Paul meets the Fremen (and in turn Chani), learns their ways and trains with them, and even fathers a son all in two years before the true contention with House Harkonnen transpires. In other words, Villeneuve will need to depict these occasions on screen in Dune: Part Two and then express a time jump in anticipation of the war between Paul and the Harkonnens. While the more natural place to divide Dune and Dune: Part Two could have been during the canon's own ing of time, Part Two disregards it and picks up immediately after the events of the first movie.
Dune Part 2's Time Jump Could Cause Some Awkward Problems
Because it will essentially pick up where the first film left off, Dune: Part Two is expected to have a random break in time implicative of Dune canon. It could cause some cinematic awkwardness in Villeneuve's sequel film; whether Villeneuve decides to feature a trite "two years later" scene cap or something more attractive, the gap could come across as clumsy or discordant in the course of the movie. The hope is that Villeneuve will find the best way to express the inevitable ing of time, especially because there are high expectations for Dune: Part Two to conclude Villeneuve's adaptation impeccably.
