Director Denis Villeneuve has high hopes for Dune: Part Two, which is currently scheduled for release on March 1, 2024, after bouncing through several potential dates.
But at a South Korean press conference, Villeneuve indicated that there’s more to come: he’s almost finished writing the script for a third Dune movie. “[Dune Messiah] is being written right now,” Villeneuve said. “The screenplay is almost finished, but it’s not finished.
It will take a little time.” Villeneuve said the third installment will follow Paul Atreides as he navigates “the end of [his] journey.” Plans to turn Dune into a trilogy have long been a Villeneuve desire. “If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” he told Empire magazine last summer.
But before there’s a part three, Villeneuve has very high hopes for the second film. “For me, this film is much better than Part One,” Villeneuve said. “There’s something more alive in it.
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