Hans Zimmer Confirmed to Score Dune Messiah for Denis Villeneuve
- Hans Zimmer is confirmed to compose the score for Dune Messiah, the third film in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's series, telling Variety at a premiere that he had just spoken with Villeneuve and that they were on their way.
- Production is slated to start in summer 2025 with a theatrical release planned for December 2026, and the film adapts Herbert's second novel, continuing the story years after Dune: Part Two.
- Zimmer scored both Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Villeneuve shared the Messiah script early, which led Zimmer to sketch musical ideas before the script was finalized.
- Zimmer says he has not begun the actual scoring process and calls it a very complicated one because of the introspective nature of the Dune Messiah story.