Timothee Chalamet is currently in negotiations to star in Legendary’s newest take on Frank Herbert’s Dune.
Chalamet was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 2017’s Call Me By Your Name and also played Kyle Scheible in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. On October 12, 2018, Chalamet will appear in Beautiful Boy with Steve Carrell.
Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director, Denis Villeneuve, has officially signed on to direct this reboot of Dune with the script being written by Eric Roth. Roth has been a writer on such films as Forrest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Ali.
Source: IGN.com Timothee Chalamet May Star in Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villenueve's Dune