History Trivia / DunePartTwo

* There's a OneDegreeOfSeparation between this film and Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky's aborted ''Dune'' adaptation project. Léa Seydoux is the grand-niece of Michel Seydoux, the producer of the latter movie.

* There' a OneDegreeOfSeparation between this film and Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky's aborted ''Dune'' adaptation project. Léa Seydoux is the grand-niece of Michel Seydoux, the producer of the latter movie.

* CastingGag:
** Possible example with Creator/ChristopherWalken's role as Shaddam Corrino. Whether it was intentional or not, Walken ''does'' have prior, albeit circuitous, history with the ''Dune'' franchise. Back in 2000, Walken famously danced in the music video for Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", which itself had lyrics that referenced the original novel ("If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm..."). Amusingly, Walken's [[https://ew.com/christopher-walken-dune-fatboy-slim-video-weapon-of-choice-connection-8606852?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2DZcjYhF8BlfVjhlPu7W5ChvwIElgMSvYh3aE584DxNkjcz5GNH5IuXyw admitted]] he didn't realize the ''Dune'' reference in the lyrics until ''after'' filming Part Two.
** Frank Herbert came up with the surname "Harkonnen" by looking in a phone book. He thought it was Russian, but it's actually Finnish. Baron Harkonnen is played by an actor from another Nordic country, Sweden. [[spoiler:And so is his daughter Jessica.]]

* CastingGag: Possible example with Creator/ChristopherWalken's role as Shaddam Corrino. Whether it was intentional or not, Walken ''does'' have prior, albeit circuitous, history with the ''Dune'' franchise. Back in 2000, Walken famously danced in the music video for Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", which itself had lyrics that referenced the original novel ("If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm..."). Amusingly, Walken's [[https://ew.com/christopher-walken-dune-fatboy-slim-video-weapon-of-choice-connection-8606852?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2DZcjYhF8BlfVjhlPu7W5ChvwIElgMSvYh3aE584DxNkjcz5GNH5IuXyw admitted]] he didn't realize the ''Dune'' reference in the lyrics until ''after'' filming Part Two.

** Stephen [=McKinley=] Henderson reportedly filmed scenes reprising his role as Thufir Hawat from the previous film, but his scenes were ultimately cut.

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was previously scheduled to be released on October 20, 2023, then it was changed to November 17. It moved to November 3 to adjust to changes in release schedules from other studios and later to March 15, 2024 due to the effects of the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes SAG-AFTRA strike]], particularly the strike preventing actors from promoting the films they worked in. It was changed once more to March 1, 2024, following the end of the strike.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: While the film was ultimately delayed to March 1, 2024, due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild strikes, an Operator pack for a Sardukar was released for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' in November 2023, with Paul Atreides and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen getting their own packs for the game's immediate sequel, ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareIII Modern Warfare III]]'' the following month.

* CastingGag: Possible example with Creator/ChristopherWalken's role as Shaddam Corrino. Whether it was intentional or not, Walken ''does'' have prior, albeit circuitous, history with the ''Dune'' franchise. Back in 2000, Walken famously danced in the music video for Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", which itself had lyrics that referenced the original novel ("If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm..."), Amusingly, Walken's [[https://ew.com/christopher-walken-dune-fatboy-slim-video-weapon-of-choice-connection-8606852?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2DZcjYhF8BlfVjhlPu7W5ChvwIElgMSvYh3aE584DxNkjcz5GNH5IuXyw admitted]] he didn't realize the ''Dune'' reference in the lyrics until ''after'' filming Part Two.

* CastingGag: Possible example with Creator/ChristopherWalken's role as Shaddam Corrino. Whether it was intentional or not, Walken does have prior, albeit circuitous, history with ''Dune''. Back in 2000, Walken famously danced in the music video for Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", which itself had lyrics that referenced the original novel:
-->''"If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm..."''

* CastingGag: Possible example with Creator/ChristopherWalken's role as Shaddam Corrino. Back in 2000, Walken famously danced in the music video for Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", which itself had lyrics that referenced ''Dune'':

* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/FrankHerbert's son Brian (who's continued the ''Dune'' saga to this day) called the film the best adaptation of his father's work to date.

* RefittedForSequel: Feyd-Rautha was initially planned to have an EarlyBirdCameo in ''Part One'', but was eventually AdaptedOut with the specific intention of saving him for his larger role in the second half of the book, which this film adapts.

* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/FrankHerbert's son Brian called the film the best adaptation of his father's work to date.

* DuelingWorks: Comes out sandwiched between the two parts of Creator/ZackSnyder's ''Film/RebelMoon'', another {{Epic|Movie}} {{Space Opera}} film about LaResistance against a galaxy-wide [[TheEmpire empire]].

* SpoiledByTheCastList: Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, who was never announced to be part of the cast at any point, showed up at the big premiere alongside the cast, and websites started listing her as playing [[spoiler:Alia Atreides]]. Even ignoring updated cast lists, many correctly deduced that she's played that character.

* SpoiledByTheCastList: Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, who was never announced to be part of the cast at any point, showed up at the big premiere alongside the cast, and websites started listing her as playing [[spoiler:Alia Atreides]], and even so, many who didn't look at the updated cast lists thus correctly deduced that she's played that character.

* SpoiledByTheCastList: Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, who was never announced to be part of the cast at any point, showed up at the big premiere alongside the cast, and websites started listing her as playing [[spoiler:Alia Atreides]], and even so, many who didn't look at the updated cast lists correctly deduced that she's played [[spoiler:Alia]].