'Dune: Part Three' Trailer Debuts at AMC Event With Zendaya, Bardem and a Ruthless New Villain
- Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Dune: Part Three on Monday, roughly nine months before audiences return to Arrakis, the Los Angeles Times reported on March 17, 2026.
- The trailer places the story nearly two decades after Dune: Part Two, promises more political upheaval, introduces a ruthless new villain, and teases Paul and Chani's future child.
- Zendaya and Javier Bardem joined director Denis Villeneuve at the AMC trailer launch; new cast members Anya Taylor-Joy and Robert Pattinson attended in person, while Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh and Jason Momoa sent video messages.
- Villeneuve on the scale of the event: "It's a trailer launch? It looks like a premiere," after a cast Q&A that the article describes as drawing thunderous applause.
- Chalamet, who plays Paul Atreides, calls the third film "a true act of cinema," per the article's headline framing.