Dune: Part Three Reportedly Targets 140 to 145 Minutes, Shorter Than Its Predecessors
- Online scoopers Popping Cinema and Cryptic HD QUALITY say Dune: Part Three is currently expected to run about 140 to 145 minutes, though Warner Bros. has not locked a final runtime.
- The reported length would be below Dune's 155 minutes and Dune: Part Two's 166 minutes; it is unclear whether the estimate includes credits.
- The film adapts material from Dune Messiah, the shortest novel in Frank Herbert's main series, though casting has prompted speculation that it may also use elements from Children of Dune.
- Set 17 years after Part Two, the story has Paul Atreides ruling as Emperor while opponents including the Bene Tleilax plot against him; Denis Villeneuve says it will lean further into thriller elements and action.
- Warner Bros. has scheduled Dune: Part Three for cinemas on December 18, with Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa, and Robert Pattinson in the cast.