type Reports say that after the box office success Dune: Part 2Legendary Pictures has hired Denis Villeneuve for the third installment, which will likely continue the story of Paul Atreides’s quest to conquer the galaxy.Earlier this year, Villeneuve told empire He’s “putting words on paper” and thinking about where he wants to take things dune The franchise moves forward.
Legendary Pictures has not yet announced any production dates dune 3 might start.But the studio plans to let the film premiere before its release Next Project with Villeneuve – adapted from Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-nominated nonfiction book about how a nuclear war scenario might play out. From the sounds of it, Villeneuve is going to be very busy over the next few years, and his next project will likely leave us in various states of shock and awe when it hits theaters.
Correction April 4, 6:10 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described “Nuclear War: A Scene” as a Pulitzer Prize winner, rather than a nominee and finalist. We regret this error.