We’re channelling our inner Paul Atreides and looking into the future as director Denis Villeneuve reveals that Dune: Part Three will be set 17 years after the events of Dune: Part Two. According to The Hollywood Reporter, AMC held a special trailer-launch event, with a panel featuring the director and some of the key cast, giving deeper insight into what audiences can expect from the final film of the trilogy.
It’s love, war, and a big fat target on Paul Atreides’ head in the epic conclusion.
The stage has been set for an intense and action-packed film, heading in a darker direction from the previous two films. As Villeneuve put it, “If the first movie was contemplation, a boy exploring a new world, and the second one is a war movie, this one is a thriller.”
Amongst full-blown intergalactic war, Paul is at the centre of an assassination plot, with people seeking to overthrow him. Villeneuve explains that in the time jump, “we see Paul dealing with the consequences of having too much power and him trying to figure out how to get out of this cycle of violence. And of course he’s an emperor who can see the future, so he’s kind of invincible.”
The conspiracy to overthrow Paul introduces the new villain, Scytale, a shapeshifting Bene Tleilaxu Face Dancer, who is portrayed by Robert Pattinson. The cast is stacked with other familiar faces, including Anya Taylor-Joy, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and, of course, Timotheé Chalamet and Zendaya.
The time jump also brings Paul and Chani back together, with the trailer revealing Chani’s pregnancy. Their budding romance was an integral part of the original two films and has not been forgotten amidst all the action in the third film. Villeneuve reassured that their love story is still the “heartbeat” of the film, and one that strikes a personal chord with him.
He noted, “There’s something about the way their love, and the time and the way they are, the way their relationship evolves, that study on the relationship of all characters, that is very personal.”
While part three will differ from what audiences have seen in parts one and two, some key staples of Villeneuve’s Dune are still to be expected, including epic battle sequences, otherworldly visuals, and, of course, a score composed by the man, the myth, the legend, Hans Zimmer. According to Deadline, Linus Sandgren (La La Land, Saltburn) has replaced Greg Frasier as cinematographer, but the visual grandeur will remain. Villeneuve and Sandgren designed the film specifically for the IMAX experience, shooting on a mixture of film and digital IMAX, meant to be seen on “the biggest screen as possible.”
Dune: Part Three hits the UK big screen on December 18th.
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