Dune: Part Three
Summary
Dune : Part Threereceives an encouraging but conservative update from director Denis Villeneuve . Adapting the second half of the 1965 novel , Part Twowill continue following Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet ) with the Fremen as he wages a war of retribution against House Harkonnen for ruin his syndicate . forrader of theDune : Part Tworelease datein March 2024 , Villeneuve has expressed interest in produce a third movie that would conform Frank Herbert ’s follow - up novel , Dune Messiah , though the task has not yet been formally greenlit .
Now , during a insistence conference in South Korea ( viaTongTongCulture ) , Villeneuve provided an encouraging yet cautious update on the status ofDune 3 .
[ Dune Messiah is ] being drop a line properly now . The screenplay is almost finished but it is not finished . It will take a little time … There ’s a dream of making a third movie … it would make rank common sense to me .
I do n’t know exactly when I will go back to Arrakis . I might make a detour before just to go away from the Sunday . For my mental sanity I might do something in between , but my dream would be to go a last time on this major planet that I love .
What Dune 3 Could Be About
The script for Villeneuve ’s thirdDunemovie is based on the book by Frank Herbert , Dune Messiah , which was published in 1969 . Set 12 years after the events of the first novel , Messiahmostly divvy up with the consequences of Paul ’s rise to great power . Without giving away too much , the history takes a few unexpected twist as Paul grapples with the essence of prognostication and the difficult option required to ensure the future tense of the universe of discourse .
Dune 2 sees the cost increase of Emperor Paul Atreides . However , Dune 3 is where the repercussions of Paul ’s messianic destiny are truly revealed .
Dune Messiahand its 1976 continuation , tiddler of Dune , were antecedently adapted into the Sci - Fi Channel miniseries , Frank Herbert ’s Children of Dune , in 2003 . In August 2023 , Villeneuve expressed making a third movie ground onDune Messiah , aver " there are word on paper . " Now , three calendar month later , the hand is " almost finished . "
Villeneuve did n’t say who is make for on the screenplay , though it ’s potential himself and Jon Spaiths who co - wrote the first two films , the latter of which has also expressed interest in making aDune Messiahmovie . Since Villeneuve does n’t want to make the second and third movies back - to - back , as he did with the first two , it might be a few years before a potentialDune Messiahmovie getsmade . Plus , the being ofDune : Part Threeprobably bet onDune : Part Two ’s box office staff .
Dune : Part Tworeleases in theaters on March 1 , 2024 .
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