The highly anticipated Dune Messiah might be the third Dune film from director Denis Villeneuve, but that doesn’t make it a trilogy in the director’s eyes. Many considered Frank Herbert’s classic Dune novel unfilmable, an opinion validated by the failure of David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation. Villeneuve took a page from the recent It films and split the first book into two parts, with Dune opening in theaters on October 22, 2021, and Dune: Part Two on March 1, 2024. Both films were hits with audiences and critics, and now all eyes are on Dune Messiah, the third movie in the Dune franchise and an adaptation of the second book in the series.
The filmmaker is currently working on the script for Dune Messiah, which he sees as separate from the first two movies. Read More