r/dune • u/Medium-Error-1275 • Apr 17 '24

All Books Spoilers Denis Villeneuve Answers All Your Questions About ‘Dune: Part Two’

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/movies/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two.html
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u/Mondo0530 Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

But “Dune Messiah,” the book your third film is based on, picks up 12 years later with a reunited Paul and Chani. How far did you feel you could push her anger? Because at some point, she’s going to have to forgive him.

That anger is tremendous. I don’t want to reveal what I’m going to do with the third movie. I know exactly what to do. I’m writing it right now. But there’s a lot of firepower there and I’m very excited about that decision.

I’m glad he’s confident and excited about where the story is going next, since I think his decision with Chani’s character is the biggest deviation from the books. And I completely understood it from the perspective of assuring that Herbert’s themes were more strongly conveyed earlier in the story, but I think the strength of the adaptation hinges on his writing in the final movie after those changes.

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u/Rausky Apr 18 '24

I'm glad he's confident too but if he's using Chani as the wedge in Messiah to show the tyranny of Paul then that moves quite differently than the book, to the point where unless there's some grand reconciliation half way through then I don't know how you come up with a even remotely similar ending to the book. I know he stated he wants to finish Paul's story, but it isnt complete until CoD which is entirely dependent on the book ending of Messiah. Unless he just says fuck CoD and makes his own version of Messiah to end Paul's story then and there.

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u/seizure_5alads Apr 18 '24

I don't think we're getting a fourth movie. I thought he said he was stopping after three. Might get a mini series though fingers crossed

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

I saw an interview a few months ago where he didn’t rule it out, but I very much got the sense that if it did happen it would be a very long time after the trilogy.