The cinema release of Dune: Part Two is only a month away. Then we finally find out what happens next for Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) on the desert planet. Director Denis Villeneuve is already hinting at the end of Part 2 and his possible plans for Dune 3. His stars would definitely be on board.
Denis Villeneuve reveals: He is changing the novel for Dune 2 and has big plans for Dune 3
In 2021, Denis Villeneuve filmed Dune, the first half of the famous novel * by Frank Herbert. Dune 2 is supposed to bring the adaptation of the book to a close. But apparently the sci-fi director made a change to the template, as he told Gamesradar about one “heartbreaking ending” indicated:
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Dune 2: What does the ending have in store for Paul?
All the elements are there. But I think, the film adaptation is more tragic than the book. The way part 2 [von Dune] ends…that would create total balance and equilibrium – to then end Paul’s story with what we could say in Part 3.
In the first Dune film, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his family come to the planet Arrakis, which is coveted for its most valuable substance, spice. However, the reign of his father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), ends with a coup by the evil Harkonnen, in which Leto dies and Paul flees with his mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) to the Fremen desert dwellers. In Dune 2, he fought alongside Chani (Zendaya) and her people against the oppressors and Emperor Shaddam IV (Christopher Walken).
Anyone who knows the original Dune knows that the novel does not end on an entirely happy note. To what extent Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation Dune 2 varies the new status quo of the book’s ending or takes completely different paths will be discussed at the cinema release on February 29, 2024 find out.
Despite enthusiasm from Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya: Dune 3 is not yet certain
Whether Dune 2 will be followed by the sci-fi film Dune 3, which would be based on the book Dune Messiah (in German: The Lord of the Desert Plant *), depends on this year’s success of the sequel. Even in the case of a cinema hit, it would be unclear how quickly Dune: Part Three would actually be created, as Denis Villeneuve recently indicated that he would probably add another project in between.
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Is Dune Messiah coming as part 3?
At least the Dune stars are enthusiastic about bringing Paul’s story to Dune 3 with Denis Villeneuve’s ending: Zendaya assured that she was “passionately ready to hear his vision”. And Timothée Chalamet said: “When the opportunity presents itself, the story with [Dune] We’re all super excited about finishing Messiah.”
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