Regardless of solely popping out not too long ago, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune motion pictures are already thought-about among the finest sci-fi motion pictures of all time. The second movie picked up various Oscar nominations, though Villeneuve was noticeably snubbed for Finest Director. The acclaimed filmmaker not too long ago defined the rationale he was satisfied to work on the threequel Dune: Messiah so quickly, and it is sensible.
Whereas he was initially going to take a break from Arrakis, Villeneuve admitted he is already begun writing Dune 3. The primary two motion pictures (that are streaming with a Max subscription) had been universally acclaimed, and Dune 2‘s ending arrange what’ll come subsequent with Messiah. Because the Arrival director informed Collider, it was viewers reactions to the grim ending that impressed him to dive again in. As he put it:
Chani’s coronary heart is damaged, and it is the start of the Holy Warfare and that is the place we left, so in a approach, I would say it is fairly comparable. I used to be anticipating to do one thing else earlier than, however frankly, that is the inspiration that got here to my thoughts as I took a break this summer season and was going again and ending the story. I used to be actually moved by the way in which Half Two was acquired by cinephiles around the globe, and I felt an urge for food and a need to see extra and a duty to complete that story.
Truthfully, this sounds fairly convincing. The Dune 2 ending noticed Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides seemingly abandon his principals in quest of energy. He embraced the concept of being Lisan al Gaib, and phases a coup to marry Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan. Via all of it Zendaya’s character Chani seems to be on in disappointment and digust, earlier than ultimately departing on a Sandworm.
This was a fairly wild cliffhanger for these new to Frank Herbert’s universe, and it appears like Denis Villeneuve has heard fan calls for an additional film sooner fairly than later. And that impressed him to start writing the screenplay for Dune: Messiah so shortly after his first sequel hit theaters final 12 months.
Narratively, there are a variety of main threads to drag from for the forthcoming threequel within the Dune franchise. There’s clearly the prophesy surrounding Paul, and the destruction he is meant to usher in his place of energy. We had been additionally launched to Anya Taylor-Pleasure’s Alia Atreides, who appeared to her brother from throughout the womb. She’ll presumably be a serious character in Messiah, and it needs to be attention-grabbing to see how that adjustments the household dynamic with Girl Jessica.
Sadly, the precise timeline for when to anticipate Dune: Messiah stays unclear for now. Denis Villeneuve continues to be writing the threequel, so we should not maintain our breath for it to miraculously present up on the 2025 film launch dates. However hopefully his pleasure means the mission is coming collectively sooner fairly than later.