Dune Messiah Is Seemingly Subsequent for Director Denis Villeneuve

Director Denis Villeneuve is prepared to return to Arrakis. For years now, the driving drive behind Dune Half One and Half Two has stated he wanted to make a third movie, Dune Messiah, however that he needed to take a break first. Effectively, months after Warner Bros. set a mysterious December 2026 release date for his subsequent movie, the director has modified his tune.

“Let’s say that I assumed that after Half Two that I’ll take a break, that I’ll return within the woods and keep within the woods for some time to get well. However the woods weren’t actually suiting me, and I’d return behind the digicam quicker than I feel. However that’s all I can say,” Villeneuve advised Deadline in a brand new interview.

He’s been engaged on the script for Dune Messiah, set 12 years after the occasions for Dune Half Two, for a while now and revealed that’s nonetheless the place he’s within the course of. “I’m within the writing zone proper now,” he stated. Nevertheless, he additionally defined that he sees Dune Half One and Half Two as a completed movie and that Messiah is totally different.

“Like Herbert did with Dune Messiah, I feel it’ll be a fantastic concept to do one thing utterly totally different,” Villeneuve stated. “The story takes place like 12 years after the place we left the characters on the finish of Half Two. Their journey, their story is totally different this time, and that’s why I all the time say that whereas it’s the identical world it’s a brand new movie with new circumstances.”

And whereas he was reluctant to say way more, he did verify he expects the important thing characters nonetheless round to return: Timothée Chalamet as Paul, Zendaya as Chani, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, and Anya Taylor-Pleasure as Paul’s sister, Alia. “They should return,” Villeneuve stated. “They’re with the primary forged when it occurs. And extra worms. What can I say?”

Relying on how devoted Villeneuve is to Dune Messiah, audiences can even count on to see the return of characters performed by Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and even Jason Momoa, one thing Chalamet discussed a few years back.

Villeneuve wouldn’t verify to Deadline when he’s anticipated to shoot or launch the movie, although he appeared to acknowledge one thing taking place in 2026. That, once more, is the timeframe Warner Bros. is at the moment anticipating and would require the filmmaker to get rolling someday within the new yr. And whereas we really feel for Villeneuve that he’s not going to get to take a break from Dune, you’ve gotta strike when the spice is sizzling. We will’t wait.

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