Due to its visual power alone, Dune is one of the greatest sci-fi films of the last five years. It was all the more painful for fans when the successor Dune: Part Two was postponed from 2023 to spring 2024. And the Break between the second and third films According to director Denis Villeneuve, it could be significantly longer.
Sci-fi master Denis Villeneuve wants to take a break after Dune 2
Speaking to the South Korean press, quoted by Variety, Villeneuve explained about Dune 3:
I don’t know when I’ll be there [Dune-Schauplatz] Arrakis will return. Maybe I’ll take a detour just to get out of the sun. For my mental health Maybe I’ll work on something else in the meantime, but it is my dream to visit Arrakis one last time.
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Whether Dune 3 is coming at all depends largely on the success of the second part. Villeneuve says he is already working on the script for the trilogy finale, which will adapt the book Dune Messiah by author Frank Herbert.
When will Dune 2 and Dune 3 be released in cinemas?
Villeneuve’s words will unsettle many sci-fi fans. How long will the “detour” of the director if Dune 3 gets the green light? Is Dune 3 not coming until 2033? It’s impossible to estimate a launch date at the moment, but it could well be within the next five years. Dune 2 will be released on February 29, 2024.
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