Dune 3 will reportedly start filming this summer, a year earlier than expected
Dune: Messiah will start production sooner than anticipated
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Dune 3 will start filming this June and not in 2026 as previously reported, according to Deadline.
Last October, director Denis Villeneuve tentatively said production would start next year, but we know now that it'll be his next project. "I was expecting to do something else before, but frankly, that's the inspiration that came to my mind as I took a break this summer and was going back and finishing the story," he said earlier this month.
"I was really moved by the way Part Two was received by cinephiles around the world, and I felt an appetite and a desire to see more and a responsibility to finish that story."
He may be excited to return to the world of Paul Atreides, but Dune 3, titled Dune: Messiah, is set to be Villeneuve's last movie in the franchise, even though there are other books to adapt. "After that, it would become unhealthy," he told The Wrap in January.
Dune: Part Two, which was released in March 2024, is up for five awards at this year's Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography. The sequel also took home the gongs for Best Sound and Best Special Visual Effects at last night's BAFTAs.
Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Dave Bautista, and Javier Bardem.
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