Oscar Isaac’s latest project is heading to Italy…

Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated Dune reboot, starring the 42-year-old Guatemalan & Cuban actor, is heading to the Venice Film Festival.

Barring any unforeseen snafu or COVID-19 issue, the film would be added to the festival lineup.

Villeneuve was last on the Lido with his Oscar-winning box office hit Arrival in 2016 and this will be an even hotter ticket.

In addition to Isaac, the cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. The film’s epic trailer was released last year.

It’s not clear at this stage whether the movie will open the festival, which runs September 1-11. We hear it’s not a guaranteed opener. The film is currently due to launch internationally from beginning in mid-September and in the U.S. on October 1.

Dune, adapted from Frank Herbert’s cult novel, tells the story of Paul Atreides (Chalamet), a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential — only those who can conquer their fear will survive.