About: Dune: Part Three continues the story of Paul Atreides, now the Emperor of the known universe, years after his rise to power. As ruler, Paul finds himself trapped by the very prophecy that elevated him—worshipped as a messianic figure while a brutal holy war is waged across the galaxy in his name.
Premiere: December 18th, In Theaters
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson
Denis Villeneuve had this to say about the upcoming third Dune film in an interview with Deadline:
It will be a very different film, very different — a Dune movie, but with a different tone, with a different rhythm, with a different pace. It’s a more action-packed and more tense film, more muscular than the two others, I will say. And it’s a movie that takes place many years after the two first films, a bit like the book, Dune Messiah, it gives a new insight on what happened to Paul Atreidis. So there’s a time gap, 17 years, where we see Paul dealing with the consequences of having too much power and him trying to figure out how to get out of this cycle of violence. And of course he’s an emperor who can see the future, so he’s kind of invincible.
We will follow people trying to overthrow him. And it’s a quite intense story. But at the heart, it’s still a love story. The heartbeat of the film is still the relationship between Paul and Chani.
