The director confirmed that he had actually begun writing some of what could be a third movie in the franchise.
“If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” Villeneuve said. “Dune Messiah was written in reaction to the fact that people perceived Paul Atreides as a hero, which is not what he wanted to do. My adaptation [of Dune] is closer to his idea that it’s actually a warning.”
Should Villeneuve get to make a third film, he went on to say that he thinks that would be the final Dune film he’d make, as he noted Herbert’s books get “more…esoteric” as they continue. This isn’t the first time that the idea of a Dune: Part Three has come up. Earlier this year, Deadline’s Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond
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