Denis Villeneuve, the fans’ Messiah Dune
Imagined by Frank Herbert, the story of Dune he was considered by many to be unadaptable. However, Denis Villeneuve accepted the challenge of transposing the author’s first book to the big screen. Published in 2021, its first part collected the praise of most enthusiasts of the novel. This year too, the Quebec director has hit hard also a widely acclaimed second part.
A few weeks ago we told you about the cartoon Dune 2 at the box office. The feature film was released on February 28th continues to increase its revenues in the world. Having received a score of 95% from the public onwards Rotten tomatoeshas collected so far more than 630 million dollars in the second world Box office mojo. It is therefore not a big surprise what the studio that produced the film gave his green light for the future.
The third movie is official!
Legendary just officially announced it the beginning of construction of Dune 3. Let’s remember that Villeneuve wanted to adapt The Messiah of Dune, Herbert’s second novel set in this universe. As long as you’re sure to be able to do better compared to the second part. It therefore seems that he feels capable of raising the bar even further with the sequel.
Even before the project was made official, Villeneuve had already released some information on what was then just a potential sequel. As reported by GQfor example, he had revealed it Florence Pugh and Léa Seydoux would have more important roles In Dune 3. On the other hand, we will have to wait a long time before discovering this new feature film.
Has the director found his next project?
As mentioned a few weeks ago, Denis Villeneuve wants to make another film before returning to Arrakis. And he may have found his next project. Variety previews that the director is discussing adapt the book by Annie Jacobsen Nuclear war: a scenario. He could then produce, write and/or direct this story focused on what would happen in the event of nuclear war.
The formalization of Denis Villeneuve’s involvement in this project could therefore arrive soon. Which would confirm that fans of Dune We should wait a long time before we can discover the third film centered on Paul Atreides. In the meantime they can always go and (re)see the second one in theaters.
Source: Cine Serie
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