In 1984, director David Lynch’s Dune attempted to bring the entirety of Frank Herbert’s original novel to the big screen in a single film. Four decades later, with Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two , Denis Villeneuve has achieved the box office success that eluded Lynch. Narratively, Villeneuve has reached the same point that Lynch did.
The key difference is that Villeneuve will have a chance to continue the story on the big screen in Dune: Part Three, or Dune Messiah , as it’s sometimes referenced due to the novel it’s going to be based on. Although the next sequel is still in a very early stage, it’s no secret that Dune 3 is on the horizon, and it’s something that Villeneuve has openly spoken about. Now it’s time to bring those threads together and share everything you need to know about Dune: Part Three .
Is Dune: Part Three officially going forward? Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment are now developing a sequel to Dune: Part Two. Villeneuve stated that a script for the third film is currently “in the works” in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A Deadline report from April 4 also stated Villeneuve and Legendary are developing Dune: Messiah as the “conclusion of the trilogy.” Unofficially, Villeneuve has spoken about his plans to adapt Dune: Messiah , the second novel in Herbert’s series, but not as the final part of a trilogy. “First, it’s important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych,” Vill.