Dune 3 starts filming in Budapest as Villeneuve's Dune Messiah adaptation
- Production on Dune 3 has officially begun, with filming underway in Budapest according to World of Reel; Villeneuve directs this before his next James Bond movie for Amazon MGM Studios.
- The film adapts Frank Herbert's 1969 novel Dune Messiah and follows 2021's Dune and 2024's Dune: Part Two, along with the Dune: Prophecy spin-off series that premiered in November 2024.
- Timothée Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides, and the announced cast includes Zendaya as Chani, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa as Leto II Atreides, and Ida Brooke as Ghanima Atreides.
- Reports that Robert Pattinson was being eyed for a villain role have not been confirmed by the studio.