Dune : Part TwodirectorDenis Villeneuve‘s return to Arrakis is coming earlier than anyone — including him — think . The filmmakerstatedseveral months ago that he planned to take a bit of a fracture betweenDune : Part Twoand its mean sequel , Dune : Messiah . However , coming off the immense success ofDune : Part Twoearlier this class , which received rave reviews from both critics and casual moviegoers alike and earned over $ 700 million at the box office , it sound like Villeneuve has thrown his original holiday plans out the windowpane .
Speaking withDeadline , the French Canadian filmmaker revealed that he is going to go “ back behind the camera faster ” than he thought he would and that his “ faulting ” from Frank Herbert ’s Dune globe is already over . “ I ’m in the writing geographical zone mightily now , ” he say , reference the script forDune : Messiah . Villeneuve did not confirm the specific timeline he now has in judgment for the subsequence , but he did observe that he is belike going to makeMessiahmuch faster than he originally contrive .
“ Let ’s say that I thought that afterPart Twothat I will take a break , that I will go back in the woods and stay in the woods for a while to recover . But the woods were n’t really suiting me , and I would go back behind the camera quicker than I think , ” Villeneuve explained . “ That ’s all I can say . ”
The manager did n’t reveal during his conversation with Deadline when he mean to actually begin filmingDune : Messiah . “ These movies take a great deal of time to be made , so it ’s good not to say out loud when I might shoot , ” he note . He did , however , reportedly react to a potential 2026 start date with a “ perplexed ” expression . Whether that means he intends to spud the film before 2026 or at some point in that yr remains to be see . in the first place this yr , Warner Bros.did , notably , arrange a December 18 , 2026 , handout date for Villeneuve ’s next “ case film . ” simulate that task is indeedDune : Messiah , Villeneuve would have to initiate shooting it much in the first place than 2026 to forgather that date .
The filmmaker did confirm that most ofDune : Part Two‘s core cast member will fall inDune : Messiah , including Timothée Chalamet , Zendaya , and Florence Pugh . Anya Taylor - Joy will also appear in the sequel after making a brief cameo as an grownup version of Paul Atreides ’ sister Alia inDune : Part Two . The director travel on to remark thatDune : Messiah , which he says will “ finish the Paul Atreides arc , ” will be “ entirely different ” from its two predecessors .
“ The story takes place like 12 geezerhood after where we left the theatrical role at the end ofPart Two , ” he teased . “ Their journeying , their chronicle is different this time , and that ’s why I always say that while it ’s the same mankind it ’s a raw film with new circumstances . ”
Dune : Messiahdoes not yet have an official exit date . BothDune : Part OneandPart Twoare usable to stream now on Max .
