Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has given an update on Dune 3 and revealed that it may not be his next movie.
Variety reported on a Dune: Part Two press conference featuring Villeneuve that took place in South Korea. On the topic of Dune 3, the director said that it is being written now but that he might work on a different project between Dune: Part Two and Dune Messiah for his “mental sanity.”
“The screenplay is almost finished but it is not finished. It will take a little time …There’s a dream of making a third movie … it would make absolute sense to me … I don’t know exactly when I will go back to Arrakis,” Villeneuve revealed. “I might make a detour before just to go away from the sun. For my mental sanity, I might do something in between, but my dream would be to go a last time on this planet that I love.”
The filmmaker also explained that he’s even more proud of the sequel than he was of the first film due to the intensity and emotions he was able to reach.
“For me, this film is much better than Part One,” Villeneuve stated. “There’s something more alive in it. There’s a relationship to the characters. I was trying to reach for an intensity and a quality of emotions that I didn’t reach with Part One and that I did reach with Part Two. I’m not saying the film is perfect, but I’m much more happy with Part Two than I was with Part One. I can not wait to share it with the fans and the moviegoers.”
What happens in Dune: Part Two?
“This follow-up film will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family,” the official synopsis reads. “Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.”
Dune: Part Two is directed by Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts. The film is based on Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking 1965 sci-fi novel Dune. Dune: Part Two is set to be released by Warner Bros. on March 1, 2024.
