Denis Villeneuve set for Dune 3 at Legendary, with Nuclear War adaptation to follow
- Variety reports that after the box office success of Dune: Part Two, Legendary has tapped Denis Villeneuve for a third Dune film, expected to continue the story of Paul Atreides conquering the galaxy.
- Legendary has announced no production timeline for Dune 3, but the studio wants it in theaters before Villeneuve's next project, an adaptation of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen's 2024 nonfiction book about how nuclear war scenarios would play out.
- Villeneuve told Empire earlier in 2024 that he had already "put words on paper" about where he wanted to take the Dune franchise.
- The Verge issued a correction: an earlier version of the story said Nuclear War: A Scenario won the Pulitzer Prize, when the book was a nominee and finalist.