Villeneuve Says Dune: Part Three Has Different Pacing as Paul Becomes a Tyrant
- Dune: Part Three is set 17 years after Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides became emperor, and Paul is now a ruthless tyrant who commands a Fremen army conquering one planet after another.
- Director Denis Villeneuve told Empire the film has a different pacing and that the characters' psyches and view of reality have totally changed, with Paul living with the burden of what he created.
- Villeneuve co-wrote the screenplay with Brian K. Vaughan, adapting the second novel in Frank Herbert's saga, Dune: Messiah.
- The film opens in theaters Friday, Dec. 18, the same day as Avengers: Doomsday.
- Chalamet described Paul as an antihero that is not purely redemptive, and Jason Momoa said Chalamet went toe to toe with him physically and mentally on set.