Javier Bardem Teases Dune Part Three Goes Beyond the Messiah Novel
- Javier Bardem, returning as Stilgar, says Dune: Part Three goes further than Frank Herbert's novel Dune: Messiah, calling it a masterpiece.
- Bardem indicates he has not seen a finished cut but says director Denis Villeneuve wants to push farther from the prior film, similar to how Part Two departed from Part One.
- Reports suggest the movie may fold in elements of the third novel Children of Dune, possibly through a vision, and casting supports this since Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke play Paul's children Leto II and Ghanima, who only appear as infants in Messiah.
- The film is described as darker and weirder than its predecessors, with runtime talk placing it above three hours.
- Dune: Part Three stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, and Anya Taylor-Joy, and opens December 18.