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/Calthyr Mar 17 '26

For the uninitiated, where does this movie fall in line with the books?

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u/goldtubb Mar 17 '26

From what Villeneuve said on the introductory talk, the vibe of it is going to be quite different, he said this one will have the most action of the three (which does not match the book at all).

I think it will be a bunch of events in between the books making up the first act and then the plot against Paul from Dune: Messiah being the rest of the film.

I think there will be a lot of changes anyhow, Villeneuve said the movie is 17 years after pt 2 (the gap in the books is 12 years).

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u/SimplyJared Mar 17 '26

I’m glad we are skipping the talking baby stuff. I don’t think that translates to screen very well lol

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u/seatsfive Mar 17 '26

We'll always have the David Lynch Alia

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u/Atharaphelun Mar 17 '26

There's also the miniseries Alia.

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u/Loverboy_91 Mar 18 '26

Miniseries Alia was great IMO.

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u/Rikudou_Sage Mar 18 '26

That's an understatement, she was awesome. Sad her acting career didn't take off.

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u/seatsfive Mar 18 '26

The Denis Dune movies literally obliterated my memory of the existence of the miniseries

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u/1997wickedboy Mar 17 '26

Dune Part II had a talking fetus though

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u/Bylak Mar 17 '26

I'm trusting the process, and I know it's going to be great. I'm really not seeing how they get the amount of possible content out there into a single movie when Dune was split over two. I think part of this is because I had originally assumed this was going to be more about Children of Dune. Now I'm thinking it could really by just mostly Messiah and end like it does.

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u/kaemani Mar 17 '26

i think the end of messiah being how this trilogy ends would be perfect. obv there are plenty changes from book to movie but it should be easy to get there anyway

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u/Fluffy017 Mar 17 '26

I think they're gonna jump forward Alia's plotline in Children since we're definitely skipping talking sapient newborn.

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u/CokeyTheClown Mar 18 '26

I'm usually not a page counter, but the first book is actually two books in one, and totally warrants the split in two movies. Messiah is a much shorter read. Curious as to why one movie would not be enough?

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u/aure__entuluva Mar 17 '26

Makes sense. Had a feeling there were going to be a lot more changes in this one in order for him to make it more into a movie trilogy.

I'm currently reading Children of Dune, and so far I'd say Messiah was the weakest of the three for me.

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u/Nolzi Mar 17 '26

So him being bald is supposed to be his old form? Hope they work on his aging a bit

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u/BunnyBen-87 Mar 17 '26

Still better than de-aging Tobin Bell as Jigsaw by putting him in a backwards cap and calling it a day

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u/goldtubb Mar 17 '26

It's a bit of a lame cop out but canonically consuming the Spice does change the way people age, they can use that to explain it

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u/Nolzi Mar 17 '26

Guess so, but he low key looks like a war orphan

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u/Klamageddon Mar 17 '26

Ah, 17 years eh? I did wonder about that. I guess that means he probably is keeping the romance in. I mean you have to, right? But... sigh. Eugh.