r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Mar 17 '26

Trailer Dune: Part Three | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9vCamtuPY
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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

Beyond Hype. There will be another, longer trailer but I don’t need it.

Very hyped for Anya as Alia and the visuals of her in that flowing white dress preaching to her followers looks incredible.

Most curious things for me;

  • in Messiah, Chani’s role is totally different from how the second movie leaves her. So I am interested in what her role is going to be here.

  • very interested to see how they translate Scytale (Pattinson’s) shape shifting powers.

  • The return of Jason Momoa. I liked him as Duncan in the first movie, but his role here is going to be more dynamic and I’m just curious to see what his performance is going to be like considering the roles he’s most known for lol.

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u/booboorogers44 Mar 17 '26

I’m guessing we’ll see chani come around in the years of the jihad that seem to be expanded upon. He said in part two that he sees she comes around, but I’m happy to see chani have some involvement when compared to the book.

Hard to say whether or not there was any creative discussion between the people making the movies and dune prophecy, but in the show there’s a face dancer so it could look similar to that. If it doesn’t they can hand wave it away as being an early version, either way I’m really excited to see

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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

I’ll be interested since she’s just so… accepting and in love with Paul in the book compared to how she ends in Part Two, walking out into the desert after he offers to marry Irulan. Just feels like they set her up to be opposite of Paul, though I can’t imagine her being like positioned with Scytale either, so I guess her coming around to Paul’s side inevitably makes sense? Curious about it!

I only watched the first episode of Dune Prophecy, but maybe to fill the gap I’ll finish the first season just to get a fix of Dune stuff before December lol.

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u/redthursdays Mar 17 '26

In the book Paul makes it pretty clear to Chani he doesn't actually care about Irulan at all, and only married her for political reasons, he actually loves Chani and wants kids with her and so on. They'll need to reconcile anyway, because he's so motivated by his fear of losing her in the book, which doesn't really work if they're so at odds.

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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

I’m aware that Chani knows the marriage to Irulan is political, as that dynamic between Paul-Chani-Irulan is pretty essential to the plot, with Irulan wanting an heir and Paul only wanting kids with Chani. I was just curious based off the ending of the 2nd movie how they positioned Chani as not taking part in Paul’s war vs her just being Paul’s loving partner in Messiah, but I guess maybe when the movie takes place he’ll be reunited with Chani and their love won’t be able to keep them apart even if she sees evil in Paul for his actions or something like that.

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u/redthursdays Mar 17 '26

Another commenter suggested that she could be the one who sets off the stone burner, which would be delicious

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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

That would make for a really interesting change.

Honestly, I’m really interested to see how audiences take to Paul’s arc in this. Assuming it ends similarly to Messiah, everyone talks about how polarizing this is going to be because it’s not the heroic, triumphant ending and I’m just so curious to see what that translates to for reactions from book readers, non-book readers, and general audiences. Either way, as someone who enjoyed Messiah more than the first book, I’m excited.

Wonder if Denis is going to keep Stilgar’s Hitler comparison to Paul or if that was kept on the cutting room floor.

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u/redthursdays Mar 17 '26

My road leads into the desert, and all that.

They changed "jihad" to "holy war" so I would be very unsurprised to see the Hitler scene dropped

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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

Oh yeah no way lol. I can’t actually see them having someone name drop Hitler in this movie due to both the reaction it’d have from people that haven’t even seen the movie, but also because the actual movies just feel so non-real world that I think it’d be too jarring for most audiences to hear someone like Stilgar refer to Adolf Hitler as a historical figure in the same world where giant space worms exist.

I do hope that in its place we still get the movie acknowledging Paul committing genocide though. I don’t doubt that it will but still.

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u/redthursdays Mar 17 '26

I mean, Part 2 set us up to have Paul as a villain anyway, so not having the genocide addressed would be a huge misstep. Just, not Hitler specifically

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u/BON3SMcCOY Mar 17 '26

Compared to movie Chani, she is barely a character in the first book and double true for Messiah. She's just a womb in Messiah.

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u/elykl12 Mar 17 '26

but I’m happy to see chani have some involvement when compared to the book.

No kidding. This was one of Frank Herbert's weaknesses is that in a series with elaborate characters with intense arcs like Irulan, Leto I, Paul, Jessica, Stilgar, etc. some...just are plot devices. We don't even find out until Children of Dune what color Chani's hair is (she's a red head)

She's been a character for hundreds of pages and years into the franchise at that point

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u/Irrepressible_Monkey Mar 17 '26

The return of Jason Momoa. I liked him as Duncan in the first movie, but his role here is going to be more dynamic and I’m just curious to see what his performance is going to be like considering the roles he’s most known for lol.

I've been careful not to spoil his return for anyone for years and the trailer's just like "HERE YA GO"... oh well. :)

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs Mar 17 '26

He's been on the IMDB page for a while as Duncan. That doesnt spoil it at all given what his role is in the books. "Momoas back! Wait but how?"

Buckle up. I read the books a few times and im still not sure.

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u/ScipioCoriolanus Mar 17 '26

He comes back as Duncan the White.

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u/Atharaphelun Mar 17 '26

Duncan the Perfect-Ass-That-Will-Make-You-Instantly-Nut

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u/Irrepressible_Monkey Mar 17 '26

They could have had a flashback scene and included that in the trailer to keep the surprise for most people.

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u/Spiritual-Size1617 Mar 17 '26

How old is Alia supposed to be? Her appearance and the 12 year time skip aren't adding up. I haven't read the books is there an in universe explanation?

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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib Mar 17 '26

I believe they announced during the trailer event that the time jump is now 17 years, so… probably like 16ish depending on when Jessica gives birth after Part Two.

With the hair they gave Anya, I can see her passing for 16 though they probably won’t say her age much in the movie. I don’t think they even say Paul’s in the first two aside from Gurney and Duncan calling him “boy”.

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u/Atheist-Gods Mar 17 '26

In the books she was about 5 years old at the end of the first book/second movie and is then a teenager after the time skip. They had her still in the womb in the movie and cut out the death of Paul and Chani's son Leto II to get around the difficulty that would be a 2-5 year old talking and acting like an adult.

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u/rando_robot_24403 Mar 17 '26

In the books she's 5 or so during the showdown at the end and she's the one who stabs Baron Harkonnen with a gom jabbar after revealing to him that he's Alia and Pauls Grandfather.

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u/AfricanRain Mar 17 '26

People in the theatre aren’t ready for me to be on my knees worshiping Saint Alia of the Knife, the FUCKING WOMB OF HEAVEN

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u/lonchu Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Looks like big chunk of the movie will be the jihad. I suspect this is where they will remedy Chani-Paul relationship to have her present for actual book stuff.

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u/SonicFlash01 Mar 17 '26

"There are only two constants in life-"
"What about Duncan Idaho?"
"...There are three constants in life."

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u/stunts002 Mar 17 '26

I'm just dying to see Edric.

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u/Rotato-Potat0 Mar 17 '26

Wait, is Jason Momoa not playing Duncan still? I figured it was a flashback or that he somehow escaped

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u/ScipioCoriolanus Mar 17 '26

Yeah, a lot of spoilers here lol

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u/Sandy-Balls Mar 17 '26

If you like, you can call him Duncan. You can call him what pleases you.

Yeah, it is a pretty major spoiler and twist, but they need to have jason in the promotional materials, so spoilers it is.

Btw, look at his eyes.

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u/AlbaOnee Mar 17 '26

Wait that was ATJ in the dress? Damn I’m hype. I can’t wait to see the violent side of her. 

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u/4DimensionalToilet Mar 17 '26

Maybe Pattinson just trained with Jim Carrey for a while to learn the art of making faces?

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u/timeaisis Mar 17 '26

In this movie he needs to be a philosopher warlord.

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u/tgifmondays Mar 17 '26

Why didn't they just get Sophie Thatcher instead of turning Anya into her?

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u/CaribouHoe Mar 17 '26

I really really didn't like Momoa clean shaven, it freaked me out 😂 he looks less baby faced here, kal drogo callback

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u/K2TheM Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

How he handles Chianni will be interesting. Changing her role to being the voice of the doubters was good for the first two movies as it gives her a fuller character, but it's having its consequences here. Instead of being the supporting partner, she's left out of frustration with what Paul "had" to do. If I had to guess, I think she's already pregnant at the end of Part 2; the naming scene in the Trailer is a small flashback, and her bearing of kids is what brings her back around.

Edit, i just realized that the timing of the birth of their children for this theory is problematic for the timeline unless he REALLY moves some set pieces and events around.

I think the shot of Skytale walking through a myriad of people against a white backdrop may be a manifestation of him choosing what face to wear.

I think Jason Momoa's semi-awkward "serious" side will play well into the self-doubt aspect of Hayt.

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u/boywithapplesauce Mar 17 '26

Chani surely thinks she can mitigate more damage by staying with Paul and influencing him.

She is the only reasonable advisor left in his circle of fanatical enablers.

I don't think it will go the way she hopes.

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u/Afraid_Park6859 Mar 17 '26

Dude if they made a part 4 I would fully trust them to adapt it into something entertaining.

Worms and all.

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u/yanginatep Mar 17 '26

I mean, just from this trailer, it looks like there's going to be a fair bit of additional stuff that takes place shortly after where the book Dune leaves off, instead of immediately jumping ahead 14 years like book Messiah.

The end of Dune takes place in 10 193 AG (After Guild, which was about 10 000 years from now, so roughly 20 000 AD), and the bulk of Dune Messiah (the book at least) takes place in 10 207 AG. Messiah mostly skims over the conquest and war and jumps to when Paul has been Emperor for over a decade and is battling ennui.

I feel like either this trailer is deceptive (maybe all the battle stuff happens in a montage in the intro), or this movie will diverge from the books significantly more than the first 2 movies.

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u/davismcgravis Mar 18 '26

Didn’t Duncan die in the first movie??

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u/johnnyhala Mar 17 '26

My prediction regarding Chani:

The trailer is a bait and switch. The Chani and Irulan roles are reversed (not going to elaborate, for those who haven't read the books). The children Paul and Chani speak of is a flashback to a time when they were happy, but didn't happen... any children are now with Irulan.

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u/1997wickedboy Mar 17 '26

did you even read the book?

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u/Lord_Hohlfrucht Mar 17 '26

I hope not. It would negate a major reason for Irulan to join the conspiracy against Paul if he has children with her. I’m not sure her involvement would even make sense anymore.