Denis Villeneuve to Direct Only Three ‘Dune’ Movies – The Hollywood Reporter

Denis Villeneuve

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Denis Villeneuve knows his limits. The manager will not exceed three Sand dunes Movies said time This week, though, there are six books in Frank Herbert’s popular science fiction series.

“Christ Dunes It must be the last Sand dunes “A movie for me,” Villeneuve said. The director is currently on the cusp of release Sand Dunes: Part TwoHe said his adaptation of Herbert’s novels grew out of his lifelong fandom.

“I was trying, as a director, to be as invisible as possible,” he said of the first. Sand dunes A film released in 2021. “I tried my best to preserve the poetry of the book, the atmosphere, the colors, the smell, everything I felt when I read the book. “I tried.”

Sand Dunes: Part Two It picks up where the first left off – Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) finally reaches Chani (Zendaya) and joins the Fremen to bring down the evil Harkonnens. Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, and Dave Bautista also return for the sequel. The film was scheduled to be released in 2023, but was postponed to March amid the actors’ strike.

In the meantime, Villeneuve says he has been working on the script Christ Duneswhich will adapt the second part of Herbert’s Six Sand dunes novels (but not officially greenlit yet).

“If I succeed in making a hat-trick, that will be the dream,” Villeneuve said. Empire Magazine in August. “Christ Dunes It was written in reaction to the fact that people viewed Paul Atreides as a hero, which Herbert did not want to do. my adaptation ( Sand dunes) is closer to the idea that it is actually a warning.

After that, he would like to say goodbye to the franchise, a choice driven by his avoidance of an overly money-driven Hollywood.

He said: “Cinema, since its inception, has been exposed to multiple crises time. “There is always an adjustment, but the river still flows. The theatrical experience is here forever. It will prevail, and it will transform.”