Frank Herbert's DUNE PART 3 MESSIAH from Legendary Pictures (TBD) 2 2

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Now it has been reaffirmed by Deadline that director Denis Villeneuve intends to cap off his Dune trilogy in spectacular fashion, by diving deeper into the works of Frank Herbert with an adaptation of Dune Messiah.

 

The third installment will continue the saga, and is expected to be co-written by Villeneuve and screenwriter Jon Spaihts. Although the studio has not yet officially announced active development for Part Three, fans can remain hopeful for the completion of this visionary trilogy. This is not the first time Dune Messiah has been adapted for the screen of course, with the 2003 miniseries Children of Dune pulling largely from the novel.

 

We've long known that Villeneuve has wanted to bring the entire series to life, ever since tacking on "Part One" to the credits of Dune before its Venice premiere without informing Warner Bros. and then proceeding to talk about Dune: Messiah on the subsequent press tour - talk about having mettle - but this is our first official confirmation that it may well be happening.

 

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Now the question is how do they handle the rest of the storyline. I would think a streaming series may be the better approach?

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After the events of the first novel wrap up, it would be great to see a high-budget mini-series on HBO. Like Game of Thrones. 

I'm not sure if you can do Messiah without rolling over into Children of Dune. God Emperor is probably un-filmable. No need to go further than that. 

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Rumours have swirled that Villeneuve could be eyeing up more Dune for the big screen – and, as he tells Empire in our world-exclusive Dune: Part Two cover story, that is indeed the case. “If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” he says. Part Three, then, would consist of Dune Messiah, Herbert’s direct follow-up to Dune. “Dune Messiah was written in reaction to the fact that people perceived Paul Atreides as a hero,” Villeneuve explains. “Which is not what he wanted to do. My adaptation [of Dune] is closer to his idea that it’s actually a warning.” If it does happen, the Messiah-spanning Dune: Part Three would mark the end of Villeneuve’s time on Arrakis. “After that the books become more… esoteric,” he says.

 

And while any future Dune sequels once again hinge on the box office results of Part Two, Villeneuve’s plans for Part Three aren’t just nebulous thoughts. “I will say, there are words on paper,” he teases. Fingers crossed, there will eventually be images on a screen too.

 

 

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On 8/28/2023 at 7:46 PM, D84 said:

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EXCLUSIVE: In a deal worth $500,000 against $1.5 million, Legendary Entertainment has optioned Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen‘s nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario as a potential reteam with its Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve. The expectation is that Villeneuve would take this one as another giant project after he completes Dune: Messiah, which he and Legendary are developing as the conclusion of the trilogy.

 

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Sometimes, dreams do come true. That’s as true for Paul Atreides as it is for Denis Villeneuve, who now gets to make his third Dune movie. Legendary confirmed on Thursday that they are currently developing a third movie in the sci-fi franchise based on Frank Herbert's original novels and are also in talks with Villeneuve to adapt Annie Jacobsen’s nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario after that.

 

Villeneuve first told EW in 2021 that his goal all along was to make three Dune movies. Dune: Part Two completed the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s original 1965 sci-fi novel, but Herbert wrote five sequels before his death in 1986 (his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have since added to the franchise with many additional books). The first of Herbert's sequels, 1969’s Dune Messiah, is what Villeneuve wants to adapt for his third movie in this series.

 

"I always envisioned three movies," Villeneuve told EW then. "It's not that I want to do a franchise, but this is Dune, and Dune is a huge story. In order to honor it, I think you would need at least three movies. That would be the dream. To follow Paul Atreides and his full arc would be nice."

 

After all, Paul’s story is not over. He’s only just come into his power! Dune Messiah picks up a couple of years after the end of Dune, with Paul even more powerful than before but now threatened by a shadowy conspiracy. The story introduces new intergalactic factions like the Tleilaxu, advanced biologists who have developed cloning technology and employ shape-shifting spies called Face Dancers.

 

It might also be our chance to see Villeneuve’s interpretation of the Spacing Guild Navigators, who use the spice melange to pilot interstellar routes for spaceships at the cost of intensive mutation. A Guild Navigator was featured prominently in David Lynch’s Dune, but they have yet to appear in the new series. One of them plays an important part in the events of Dune Messiah.

 

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On 2/26/2024 at 12:05 PM, Bosco685 said:

"the danger in Hollywood is that people get excited and only think about release dates, not quality." - Exactly. Thank you Mr. Villeneuve

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On 4/9/2024 at 11:18 AM, Artboy99 said:

"the danger in Hollywood is that people get excited and only think about release dates, not quality." - Exactly. Thank you Mr. Villeneuve

Money money money

Glad to hear there are artists still out there fighting for the medium