The Lowdown
Dune Messiah is the book where Herbert spells out that Paul isn’t the hero, and the trailer’s key line shows Villeneuve is keeping that. Opening against Avengers: Doomsday is a bold move, but this is a different audience and the biggest grown-up sci-fi release of the season.
Key Takeaways
- Warner Bros. released the final trailer for Dune: Part Three on October 27 (Ars Technica).
- The film adapts Dune Messiah and is set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides took control of the Imperium (Ars Technica).
- New cast includes Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia and Robert Pattinson as Scytale (Ars Technica).
- It opens December 18 (Ars Technica).
The Story
Warner Bros. released its last trailer for Dune: Part Three on October 27, setting up the end of Denis Villeneuve’s trilogy (Ars Technica).
Drawing on Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, the film picks up nearly two decades after Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) took the throne. One line sums it up: “After years of combat, I’ve become the oppressor Chani had sworn to fight” (Ars Technica).
Per the synopsis, Paul is now a ruthless emperor, haunted by visions of collapse and drawn into a conspiracy with Chani (Zendaya) at its center. Returning cast includes Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and Jason Momoa, now playing Duncan Idaho’s ghola, Hayt (Ars Technica).
Newcomers include Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia and Robert Pattinson as the scheming Scytale. The film opens December 18, the same day as Avengers: Doomsday (Ars Technica).
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- Ars Technica — Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three ↗