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Today, the first trailer for Dune: Part Three was officially released. You can watch it in the space below:
Dune: Part Three Brings Villeneuve’s Trilogy To a Thrilling Close
One of the more interesting details in this trailer is that Dune: Part Three is being billed as “the epic conclusion” of the trilogy, giving the project a sense of finality. Villeneuve has long made it clear that this will be his last film in the acclaimed sci-fi franchise, but since Frank Herbert wrote six Dune novels (and other authors have only added more books to the series), there’s been some discussion about whether or not another filmmaker could take the reins and bring those other stories to life. At least for now, Warner Bros. appears to be operating as if Dune: Part Three is it, which might be for the best. It’s difficult to imagine anyone other than Villeneuve helming a Dune movie, though if Dune: Part Three is as successful as its predecessors, the studio might look for a way to keep it going.
Clearly, Dune: Part Three is incorporating elements of the novel Dune: Messiah; we see Robert Pattinson’s villainous Scytale as well as Jason Momoa portraying the ghola designed to look like Paul’s late friend Duncan Idaho. The fact that the film itself is not called Dune: Messiah is fascinating. On one hand, it could just be the studio’s attempt to maintain some semblance of consistency in the titling, but it could also imply that Dune: Part Three is not a straight adaptation of the Messiah text and is instead an amalgamation of various source materials. The casting of Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke as the twin children of Paul Atreides and Chani suggests Dune: Part Three could cover parts of Children of Dune. Considering some of the creepier events from the Dune: Messiah book, Villeneuve was going to have to make some changes, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see him put his own spin on things.
