As Denis Villeneuve continues to amass a hugely impressive ensemble for his take on Frank Herbert’s iconic Dune, now comes word of another top drawer addition for the film.

Via Variety, the brilliant Javier Bardem is the latest name to join Dune. Having mesmerised as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, the Spanish actor has since gone on to appear in Skyfall, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Before Night Falls and Biutiful; the latter two of those films seeing him get Oscar nominations for Best Actor. This, of course, is in addition to Bardem taking home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his chilling performance in the Coens’ No Country for Old Men.

In Dune, Bardem will be playing Stilgar, the leader of the Fremen tribe that lives on Arrakis. That character has a key role to play alongside the tale’s main character, Paul Atreides.

For Dune, Javier Bardem joins a cast that includes Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as Paul’s mother Lady Jessica, Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam, Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, and Dave Bautista as the sadistic nephew of Skarsgard’s Baron Harkonnen. Elsewhere, Oscar Isaac is currently in talks to play Duke Leto Atreide, the father of Paul, and Zendaya is in talks to play Chani, the love interest of Chalamet’s character.

Dune began life back in 1965, with Frank Herbert’s original novel tying for the 1966 Hugo Award and then winning the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Set in the distant future, the story centres on Paul Atreides as his family takes control of the desert planet known as Arrakis. With valuable resources key to the tale, what unravels is a plot that’s full of politics, betrayal, and man’s relationship with nature. A Kyle MacLachlan-starring, David Lynch-helmed movie followed in 1984, which went on to become a cult classic, and then Syfy developed a Dune TV series in 2000. As for written works, Herbert penned five sequels himself before Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert expanded that written world even further.

At this stage, Villeneuve’s Dune has yet to be given a release date.