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Dune 3 | Release confirmed for late 2026; could its title be something other than Dune: Messiah?

filmstories.co.uk Dune 3 | Release confirmed for late 2026; could its title be something other than Dune: Messiah?

IMAX confirms that Denis Villeneuve's Dune 3 is to release in 2026, though there might be a question mark over its Dune: Messiah title...

IMAX confirms that Denis Villeneuve's Dune 3 is to release in 2026, though there might be a question mark over its Dune: Messiah title...

If you download this PDF report from the Q2 2024 IMAX Investor Presentation, there are charts showing which films are being produced with IMAX in mind all the way through to the end of 2026.

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Whatever the name ends up being I’m just glad they’re confident enough in a script that they can call a release date.
The books after the first one really go off the rails. I look forward to them trying to sell a movie about Paul’s ridiculous transformation.
- You mean Leto II? That's not till the end of children.
  
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  Messiah is him loosing is eyes and walking around with holes in his face creeping people out.
  
  I’m reading God Emperor for the first time right now. It’s wild.
- Dune Messiah has a lot going for it, like the inner workings of palace intrigue and some fantastic elements of world-building (a prime example being the Tleilaxu and their biological tech).
  There's also Irulan becoming a key character, her Bene Gesserit POV has a ton and a half of cinematic potential, especially with Florence Pugh at the helm.
  
  But how do you make that Paul and Chani arc satisfying for broad audiences? Also and maybe particularly for reader fans, with how much Denis changed Chani's character from the first book. And even though Paul is galactic emperor, the scale of the story and events does feel smaller than in the first book, there are no new true paradigm shifts.
  
  Things don't get swashbuckling and truly epic again until Children Of Dune, which I loved.
  
  "Swashbuckling" immediately made me think of the scene where
  
  : : : spoiler Title Duncan free climbs the wall as the procession approaches : : :
- I'm looking forward to the zombie
IMHO Villeneuve has made two damn near perfect Dune films so far, roll on the next.

People get hung up on deviations from the books. Duh, it's a different medium. That's like complaining that a painting of a sculpture doesn't capture the far side of the sculpture.
- The second one put me to sleep.
  
  Legit it felt like an extended montage, not a movie.
  
  I wanted to like it so much.
  
  I never find movies boring unless they are straight up bad. Slow pace doesn't bore me at all.
  
  The second one was mostly action. Personally I thought it was a lot more entertaining than the first one.
  
  I have a feeling this is something that will be debated for a long time lol
- I love that analogy. 👏
So it looks like Denis is confident with completing the screenplay now, instead of making another film first.
- Also to have it ready at this point, means he is eager about it.
  Like the man said: "Inspiration does come, but it has to find you working". Well, it seems Denis tapped into that well yet again and before he thought it might happen!
could its title be something other than Dune: Messiah?

He did adjust the story in Dune 2 to better align with Dune: Messiah but it also shows he is no respecter of the original stories, so he might still take things in a different direction, especially as Messiah is, in some ways a darker reaction to the success of Dune and it is unclear how well that would translate into a blockbuster movie. However, it may be Villeneuve has the confidence of the studios and will be given the room to make an... "anti-blockbuster".
- Maybe he'll try to combine the next two together? I haven't finished Messiah yet or finished the third one, but I heard it makes a good trilogy?
  
  Children of Dune kinda starts the second arc of the story as it moves away from Paul. Messiah alone should wrap up the story well enough. If Children gets adapted, it'll probably be told together with God-Emperor, maybe even as one movie.
Nothing too exciting in that PDF for me, but I have fingers crossed for a good Project Hail Mary film.
I took the liberty of posting the IMAX release slate in a separate post.
I only watched the first one and for some reason assumed the sequel was the end. How naïve of me.
- It was part two of the first book. "Dune 3" would be the second book, Dune Messiah.
If you download this PDF report from the Q2 2024 IMAX Investor Presentation, there are charts showing which films are being produced with IMAX in mind all the way through to the end of 2026.

It's interesting as it looks like a strong slate of blockbusters through the year, which might help the industry bounce back from this year. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the potentially more interesting (to me) films but that's fine, they'll be a nice surprise.
Hm, as much as I want to see this movie, I would be bummed if Villeneuve doesn't make Rendezvous with Rama first.
I wish they never let that dude make the movies.... especially the 2nd one.... I felt like they given up on the whole movie, the second half felt like they ran out of time and ideas, so they made that anticlimactic boring ending. I coudn't even beleived my eyes..... The syfy miniseries in the early 2000s was way way waaaaaay better and enjoyable that this cashgrab. and let's make an other one? no thanks, I felt like the disaster they called "Foundation".

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