Conspiracies and regrets abound in Dune: Part Three trailer
We haven't seen much footage to date for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three , other than the broody and haunting extended teaser Warner Bros. dropped in March . But now we've got a shiny new trailer jam-packed with tantalizing hints of what to expect, and plenty of Easter eggs to delight avid book fans. (Spoilers for first two films in the franchise below.) As previously reported , in 2021’s Dune , we first met Frank Herbert’s iconic anti-hero, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet). That film culminated in the brutal defeat of House Atreides by rival House Harkonnen, with Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), fleeing to the desert and taking refuge with the Fremen. Among them is Chani (Zendaya), whom Paul has been seeing in visions all along. Read full article Comments
We haven't seen much footage to date for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three , other than the broody and haunting extended teaser Warner Bros. dropped in March . But now we've got a shiny new trailer jam-packed with tantalizing hints of what to expect, and plenty of Easter eggs to delight avid book fans.
(Spoilers for first two films in the franchise below.)
“You promised me that you would never take power in your name.”
In Dune: Part Two (2024), Paul ingratiated himself with the Fremen, learning to ride a sandworm and winning Chani’s love. A pregnant Lady Jessica had her own plans for Paul as a messiah figure, in order to fulfill a Bene Gesserit prophecy. Ultimately, Paul challenges the emperor, defeats his champion, and demands the Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) as his wife. The other Great Houses reject Paul as ruler, so he launches a holy war against them. And Chani rides off on a sandworm after refusing to bow down to Paul.
Dune: Part Three draws on Herbert’s novel Dune: Messiah and will take place roughly 17 years after the end of Part Two , according to Villeneuve, as Paul faces the consequences of his earlier actions. Per the official premise:
