Dune: Part Two gave Denis Villeneuve a different perspective that he didn’t have with the first installment.

The Canadian director brought forward the second part of his adaptation of Dune without the certainty of the potential that could be developed.

Dune: Part Of It was the first major release of 2024 and took a while to fall from the top of the box office rankings; it remains fourth with $711.8 million. Denis Villeneuve already pointed out ways in 2021 with Dune: Part Onebut he himself was uncertain about how the second would work. movie.

Like many filmmakers, Villeneuve has spent this weekend in the Toronto International Film Festivalwhere he had the opportunity to chat for a minute with Variety and provide a brief update on the development of Dune: Part Three; which will adapt The Messiah of Dune.

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The director says that the script for the third film is not yet complete and that, in fact, he would not stay too long at the festival to continue working on it.

Denis Villeneuve points out that he now knows the enthusiasm that the public has for his adaptations of the Frank Herbert saga, so the bar is higher than with Dune: Part Of.

Villeneuve wants to break the mold with Dune: Part Three

The director highlights how the influence of the coronavirus pandemic did not allow us to discern the potential of Dune: Part One after its premiere in 2021. Instead, Dune: Part Of yes, he has demonstrated his ability to dazzle the audience:

“It was very touching because Part 1 came out at the end of the pandemic, so I didn’t have the chance to be in contact with the audience. It was more like I was disconnected from them. When we toured for Part 2 and felt the joy and appetite for the film, it touched my heart to see how many people were waiting for it and ready to love it.“.

The success of Dune: Part Of It is undeniable, and Denis Villeneuve has been launched to adapt The Messiah of Dune to be the closing of the trilogy that consecrates him as an absolute master of science fiction.

It will take a while to see Dune: Part Three in theaters, but we will have Dune: The Prophecy in Max to cope with the wait a little better.

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