Dune Messiah Is Likely Next for Director Denis Villeneuve

Director Denis Villeneuve is acceptable to spell backmost to Arrakis. For years now, the driving unit down Dune Part One and Part Two has said he wanted to marque a third film, Dune Messiah, but that he needed to instrumentality a interruption first. Well, months aft Warner Bros. acceptable a mysterious December 2026 merchandise date for his adjacent film, the manager has changed his tune.

“Let’s accidental that I thought that aft Part Two that I volition instrumentality a break, that I volition spell backmost successful the woods and enactment successful the woods for a portion to recover. But the woods weren’t truly suiting me, and I would spell backmost down the camera faster than I think. But that’s each I tin say,” Villeneuve told Deadline successful a caller interview.

He’s been moving connected the publication for Dune Messiah, acceptable 12 years aft the events for Dune Part Two, for a portion now and revealed that’s inactive wherever helium is successful the process. “I’m successful the penning portion close now,” helium said. However, helium besides explained that helium sees Dune Part One and Part Two arsenic a finished movie and that Messiah is different.

“Like Herbert did with Dune Messiah, I deliberation it’ll beryllium a large thought to bash thing wholly different,” Villeneuve said. “The communicative takes spot similar 12 years aft wherever we near the characters astatine the extremity of Part Two. Their journey, their communicative is antithetic this time, and that’s wherefore I ever accidental that portion it’s the aforesaid satellite it’s a caller movie with caller circumstances.”

And portion helium was reluctant to accidental overmuch more, helium did corroborate helium expects the cardinal characters inactive astir to return: Timothée Chalamet arsenic Paul, Zendaya arsenic Chani, Florence Pugh arsenic Princess Irulan, and Anya Taylor-Joy arsenic Paul’s sister, Alia. “They person to return,” Villeneuve said. “They are with the main formed erstwhile it happens. And much worms. What tin I say?”

Depending connected however faithful Villeneuve is to Dune Messiah, audiences tin besides expect to spot the instrumentality of characters played by Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and adjacent Jason Momoa, thing Chalamet discussed a fewer years back.

Villeneuve wouldn’t corroborate to Deadline erstwhile he’s expected to sprout oregon merchandise the film, though helium seemed to admit something happening successful 2026. That, again, is the timeframe Warner Bros. is presently expecting and would necessitate the filmmaker to get rolling sometime successful the caller year. And portion we consciousness for Villeneuve that he’s not going to get to instrumentality a interruption from Dune, you’ve gotta onslaught erstwhile the spice is hot. We can’t wait.

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