Dune’s Oscar-Nominated Artists Reveal How to Build a Sandworm

If you were in the Mojave Desert in late 2019, you might have spotted a man dragging a microphone through the sand, or perhaps a team setting off little sand avalanches to see how they moved. It may not have looked like it then, but these expert teams were building a massive monster for Dune, one grain of sand at a time. In order to bring to life the most iconic character in Dune—the sandworm—director Denis Villeneuve and his Oscar-nominated team had to create a new version of the immense and menacing desert creature while staying loyal to Frank Herbert’s… Read Full Article