Villeneuve unveils Dune: Part Three trailer in 10-city IMAX event, Manhattan screening fails
- Denis Villeneuve unveiled the Dune: Part Three trailer on Wednesday as a "Global IMAX Fan Event" across ten cities (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Abu Dhabi, London, Chicago, Mexico City, Dallas, Berlin), with the film opening the December weekend before Christmas.
- Timothée Chalamet appeared as the unannounced surprise guest at the screenings, where the nine cities outside Los Angeles saw the trailer followed by additional never-before-seen footage.
- The Manhattan IMAX venue failed: the event was postponed an hour and IMAX never worked, so hundreds of fans who waited three hours in outdoor heat received only a small "Dune 3" poster and a black baseball cap.
- Dune: Part Three adapts Frank Herbert's 1969 sequel Dune Messiah, and the trailer calls itself the "conclusion"; the franchise has grossed a reported $1.2 billion across the 2021 and 2024 films.
- New cast members include Robert Pattinson, and Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, Jason Momoa's real-life son, makes his big screen debut as Leto II Atreides, the twin son of Paul and Chani.