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Dune: Half Two delighted followers, critics, and novelty popcorn bucket collectors, and clearly Warner Bros. was thrilled with the outcomes. However there’s thus far been no announcement relating to a manufacturing begin on Dune Messiah, assumed to be the following entry in Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune trilogy. The director wanted a break after Dune: Half Two, in fact, however he’s additionally pulling again on the notion that the present Dune movies starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are a part of a trilogy in any respect, really.
Chatting with Vainness Honest, Villeneuve—who has devoted years of his life to adapting Frank Herbert novels thus far, with much more pages left to attract from—has clearly given the matter numerous thought. “First, it’s essential that individuals perceive that for me, it was actually a diptych. It was actually a pair of flicks that would be the adaptation of the primary e book. That’s finished and that’s completed,” he mentioned. “If I do a 3rd one, which is within the writing course of, it’s not like a trilogy. It’s unusual to say that, but when I am going again there, it’s to do one thing that feels totally different and has its personal id.”
It additionally appears like Villeneuve is reluctant to border Dune Messiah as a selected field to examine on his work schedule; he advised the journal “I love to do one factor at a time … I’ve too many issues proper now,” and named the third Dune film as simply one in every of his irons within the fireplace for the time being.
He’s additionally greater than open to the concept of another person taking over the Dune after he’s completed his time storytelling in its world. “Hear, if Dune Messiah occurs, it would have been a few years for me on Arrakis, and I might like to do one thing else,” he advised Vainness Honest. “I feel that it will be a good suggestion for me to be sure that, in Messiah, there are the seeds within the venture if somebody needs to do one thing else afterwards, as a result of they’re lovely books. They’re tougher to adapt. They turn out to be increasingly esoteric. It’s a bit extra tough to adapt, however I’m not closing the door. I cannot do it myself, but it surely may occur with another person.”
Learn the total Villeneuve interview with Vainness Honest right here; you too can hearken to the journal’s Little Gold Males podcast, the place the interview was performed.
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