Villeneuve Says Dune: Part Three Is His Last Dune Film Before Next Bond Project
- Dune: Part Three opens in cinemas on December 18 and adapts Frank Herbert's second book, Dune Messiah, which makes it the final Dune film Denis Villeneuve plans to direct.
- The story jumps 17 years past the previous film, with Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) having launched a universal jihad he cannot really control.
- Villeneuve told Empire the film has the same DNA as earlier Dune films but a very different pacing, and he said he returned to the project because he is tired of it, not out of nostalgia.
- Villeneuve's next project is a new James Bond film, and the actor cast in the role has not been announced yet, with an announcement expected in the next few months ahead of filming next year.