'Dune: Messiah' receives the official title 'Dune: Part Three'

The third installment of the franchise Dune of Legendary It is at full speed, facing the beginning of the filming planned to start shortly this summer.

The most recent novelties reveal that the film previously known as Dune Messiahha received as an official title, Dune: Part ThreeVariety reported.

The filmmaker Denis Villeneuve He returns as a coguionist and director, to continue the story in Arrakis. A first image is available at the end of the note.

There will also be the return to the cast of Timothée Chalamet, Zedaya, Florence Pughy Jason Momothe latter was part of the first delivery but did not appear in Part Two.

Duna: Part three The Paul's promotion dared to the throne.

The movie too It will include sequences recorded with IMAX cameras. However, contrary to reported reports in recent days, the Part three It will not be filmed entirely with IMAX cameras. The only feature film today to be produced in its entirety in IMAX is The Odyssey de Christopher Nolan.

IMAX's relevance continues to rise. Only this year, the format has enjoyed great success in cinemas. To name some of the projects that have stood out, we have Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (20% of IMAX Salas in their first two weeks), Sinners by Ryan Coogler, and the Formula One project, F1by Joseph Kosinski (with 23% of his income in his debut weekend coming from IMAX Salas).

IMAX represents just 1% of movie theaters.

In 2024, Villeneuve talked about the film and said that the next installment “It will not be the culmination of a trilogy”in your opinion.

“First, it is important that people understand that, for me [las dos primeras] They were really a diptych. Actually, they were a couple of films that will be the adaptation of the first book. That is done and that is finished. If I do a third, which is in writing, it will not be like a trilogy. It is strange to say it, but if I come back, it is to do something that feels different and has its own identity.”

In addition, prior to the premiere of Dune 2Villeneuve said: “Dune Messiah should be Dune's last movie for me.”

The franchise Dune Adapt the iconic science fiction literary saga of Frank Herbert, winner of the Hugo Prize.

The first film was released in 2021, while the sequel Dune: Part Two He reached theaters in March 2024. Both are distributed by Warner Bros.

The two deliveries had a great reception by critics and the audience, with a combined box office of $ 1,120 million dollars in the Global Box Office. They won eight Oscar awards (with 15 nominations).

In addition to cinematographic adaptations, in November 2024 the prequel television series was released, Dune: Prophecy In HBO Max, with a plot set 10,000 years before the rise of Paul Domerides. It was already renewed for a second season.

The premiere of Dune: Part Three It is expected to December 2026 in cinemas around the world.

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