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Dune 3 production designer Patrice Vermette built a 55-ton spaceship
Production designer Patrice Vermette says the third Dune film will be a major spectacle, including a 55-ton spaceship built for the sci-fi epic.
Production designer Patrice Vermette has revealed that he created a 55-ton spaceship for « Dune: Part Three », the final chapter of the science fiction franchise. He describes the film as a major spectacle built to deliver a large-scale visual payoff for audiences.
Vermette, who has worked on the series, compared the film's approach to a fireworks display. « You know when you go see fireworks, and they put everything in, and at the end, it's 'Oh, we have this one.' It's going to be like that », he said, promising a finale that brings together the franchise's biggest visual ideas.
The scale of the spaceship underlines how much physical design work goes into the franchise. Vermette's department is responsible for the look of the worlds, vehicles and sets that have defined the films, and the 55-ton vessel represents one of the most ambitious pieces of production design in the series.
« Dune: Part Three » is set to open in theaters as the closing installment of the trilogy adapted from Frank Herbert's novels. The film extends the saga's emphasis on large practical construction and monumental set pieces, a hallmark of director Denis Villeneuve's approach to the series.
For fans of the franchise, the comments offer an early look at how the production has been staged, with Vermette's remarks pointing to a final film built around spectacle rather than restraint.
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