It's official: Dune 3 is happening
Apr. 5, 2024The threequel is in development with Denis Villeneuve
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It’s official –Dune 3is in development.Dune: Part Twohas proved a huge success so far, crossing the $600 million mark at the box office andsurpassing the first film’s total, so it’s perhaps not a huge surprise.
The news comes courtesy ofVariety, who confirmed with production company Legendary that the threequel is in development with director Denis Villeneuve.
Dune 3 would be adapted from Frank Herbert’s Dune: Messiah novel. We won’t go into specific plot details here since that would spoil the upcoming movie, but it deals with the fallout of Paul Atreides' decisions, as depicted in Dune: Part Two.
“There is absolutely a desire to have a third one, but I don’t want to rush it,“Villenueve said recently. “The danger in Hollywood is that people get excited and only think about release dates, not quality.” The director has also said that Messiah wouldlikely be his final movie in the franchise.
There are no further details on the movie just yet, but we’re pretty confident it’d see the return of Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson (though Lady Jessica is not actually in the Messiah novel), Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, and Josh Brolin. Anya Taylor-Joy would also likely have a part to play as her characterAlia Atreides.
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