Dune 3: This is a major announcement for the best sci-fi saga of the 2020s!

Confirmed! According to varietyDenis Villeneuve would definitely sign a contract with the legendary studio to direct the third part of Dune. The project is currently under development.

Some time ago, the filmmaker told the South Korean press that he has started writing the third chapter: “The story is almost over, but not over. It will take some time… We are dreaming of making a third film… It would make perfect sense to me“.

But with a significant break before the start of the project. “I don’t know exactly when I will return to Arak. Maybe I’ll walk around first, just to get out of the sun. For my mental health, I might do something in between, but my dream would be to go one last time on this planet that I love.“.

It is about volume adaptation Dune’s Messiah (Dune Messiah), still signed by Frank Herbert, is the second Dune cycle and takes place a few years after the end of the first book.

In this sequel, Paul Atreides (played by Timothée Chalamet) has conquered almost the entire world. “Dennis spoke seriously about making this film as the conclusion of the trilogy“- screenwriter John Spaiths told The Playlist site some time ago.

After Dune, several projects are planned in Villeneuve

Hot on the heels of the success of Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s name has been linked to several projects. Most recently, he is in discussions to adapt Annie Jacobsen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Nuclear War: A Screenplay Finalist. Denis Villeneuve is in discussions to either produce, adapt or direct.

The book, based on dozens of interviews with military and civilian experts, describes what the end of the world as we know will look like after a nuclear war, as detailed on a Canadian website. the press.

A project with Eric Roth?

Another project recently mentioned by screenwriter Eric Roth (who co-wrote The Killers of the Flower Moon with Martin Scorsese):

“I just wrote a film for Denis Villeneuve. We’ll see what happens in the end, but it’s a matter of space and time, and it’s very lonely. It’s about eternity, of course.“- he said.

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Rumors are now rife as to whether or not this is a supposed adaptation of the novel. Meeting with Rama By Arthur C. Clark, on which Denis Villeneuve It would work for some time. When asked by World of Reel via email about the topic (via ComingSoon ), the screenwriter responded:The title should remain as Black Star first. I must say that at the age of 78 I am trying to find an answer to the insoluble.“

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An appointment with… Rama?

The Hollywood Reporter wrote about this at the end of 2021 Denis Villeneuve would film an adaptation of the story for Alcon Entertainment, which would finance the project. Meeting with Rama is a science fiction novel by a legendary writer Arthur C. ClarkeIt was published in 1973 and is often cited as one of his greatest books.

The story follows a group of human explorers who intercept an alien ship called the Rama and try to uncover its many secrets. The novel won the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release.

In the early 2000s, Morgan Freeman also expressed his desire to make a film based on the book. A 2021 Hollywood Reporter article noted that he and producer Lori McCreary, who previously had the rights to adapt the story, were producing a version. Denis Villeneuve.

Who is Cleopatra?

Operated by Cleopatra since 2017 Denis Villeneuve At one point it was expected after the release of Dune 2. “I have this historical film project about the life of Cleopatra that is in development that I’m really excited about. I hope it hits the screen before or after the second part of Dune“Explained the filmmaker in 2020 at the media TVA microphone.

Rumors are still circulating in Hollywood about the name of the actress who will play the mythical Egyptian queen. According to the journalist Daniel RichtmanDenis Villeneuve, often well-informed in the world of cinema, would offer the role to Zendaya. The Canadian director wants to start filming next year.

Is Zendaya taking Angelina to the post?

Note that Angelina Jolie has been attached to the project 12 years since its inception; Apparently that is no longer the case. James Cameron, Paul Greengrass, and David Fincher were also approached to direct the film in the early 2010s. The directors struggled with this difficult undertaking and eventually moved on to other projects.

Zendia, known for her pivotal roles in Euphoria and the MCU’s Spider-Man, stars in Chan’s two Dune opus. The 27-year-old artist would add his name to the pantheon of great actresses who portrayed Cleopatra on the big screen. We can name Claudette Colbert, Vivien Leigh, Monica Bellucci, Elizabeth Taylor, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren.

others Corridor sounds to announce Timothée Chalamet as Octavius ​​and Daniel Craig as Julius Caesar. We’ll have to wait to find out for sure.

The film will be written by David Scarpa, who recently gave us the screenplay for Napoleon. The film is based on Stacey Schiff’s best-selling biography of the Egyptian sovereign. Scarpa noted that the adaptation would be considered more of a bloody political thriller than a lengthy historical epic.

“With Cleopatra, instead of making the movie like a prestige mural – three hours, lots of hype, people with cheerleaders and English accents and all the rest – we really treated it as a political thriller. Dirty, bloody, full of people swearing, having sex and all that. . Other than that, we envision it as a gritty, stripped-down, two-hour political thriller full of murders and such.”The screenwriter emphasized.

In addition, Gal Gadot is also associated with the work around Cleopatra. She is set to portray an Egyptian queen in The Big Fresco, directed by Kari Skoglund.