• Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About
Menu

World of Reel

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Home
IMG_5556.jpg
‘Michael’ Biopic Headed for 22 Days of Reshoots in June — And That’s Just the First Film
IMG_5554.jpg
Ryan Reynolds Writing R-Rated Star Wars Movie
Neon Acquires Oliver Laxe’s ‘Sirât’ [Cannes]
Neon Acquires Oliver Laxe’s ‘Sirât’ [Cannes]
IMG_5552.jpg
Josh O’Connor to Star in Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades,’ Filming This Summer
IMG_5547.jpg
Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ Stuns and Baffle: Visual Brilliance, Narrative Chaos [Cannes]
Featured
Capture.PNG
Aug 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

Aug 19, 2019

World of Reel

  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
  • More
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
  • About
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About

Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Dune: Messiah' Isn't Part of A Trilogy

September 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Denis Villeneuve says he’s been hiding in the woods working on the “Dune: Messiah” script, but, according to him, don’t call it the trilogy capper.

In a new episode of the Little Gold Men podcast, Villeneuve admits he’s had no breaks in between making both ‘Dune’ films, which he calls “the biggest technical challenge of my life,” and that he’s not rushing to make ‘Messiah. 

“The thing is, first, it’s really important that people understand for me, it was really a diptych, it was two movies, a pair of movies that will be the adaptation of the first book,” he explained. “So that’s done, that’s finished. So, if I do a third one, which is in the writing process, I will say that, for me, it’s a different object. It’s not like a trilogy almost, it’s strange to say, but I really want to—if I go back there—to do something that feels different and has its own identity.”

“Let’s say for me, ’Dune,’ in a way, is finished,” he continued. “And ‘Dune: Messiah’ will be something new that I will approach with its own different cinematic philosophy.”

These first two ‘Dune’ films were technically a “hero’s journey,” but one who has read the books can also see them as a villain’s origin story. This isn’t ‘Star Wars.’ In ‘Messiah,’ set 12 years later, Herbert tears down everything he built in the first novel, and where Chalamet’s Paul Atreides finally ends up is really dark. It will be very hard to translate it into a tentpole blockbuster.

As you can tell, “Dune: Messiah” will present an immense challenge for Villeneuve — does he piss off the book’s fans or the token moviegoer? It could wind up that he angers both of these camps.

In the meantime, Warner Bros has dated a new film from Villeneuve for December 18, 2026. Is it ‘Messiah’? That’s what the rumors claim.

← Damien Chazelle Working on Two Different Projects‘It's What's Inside' Trailer ... →

FOLLOW US!


Trending

Featured
IMG_5403.jpg
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ POLARIZES; Starts as Satire, Ends in Horror — Not Everyone’s Buying It [Cannes]
IMG_5383.jpg
‘Sirat’ Screens — Surreal, Chaotic and Unsettling [Cannes]
IMG_5352.jpg
‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Review Embargo Breaks — It’s A Mess [Cannes]
IMG_5328.jpg
‘Sound of Falling’ Gets Bogged Down by Heavy Symbolism [Cannes]
IMG_4571.jpg
David Fincher & Brad Pitt Reunite for ‘The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth' + Plot Details

Critics Polls

Featured
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants
B16BAC21-5652-44F6-9E83-A1A5C5DF61D7.jpeg
Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘The Godfather’ Named Best Movie of the 1970s
public.jpeg
Critics Poll: ‘Do the Right Thing' Named Best Movie of the 1980s
Critics Poll: ‘Mulholland Drive' Named Best Film of the 2000s
g4.jpg
Critics' Poll: ‘Goodfellas' Named Best Movie of the 1990s
Critics Poll: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road' Named Best Movie of the 2010s
World of Reel tagline.PNG
 

Content

Contribute

Hire me

 

Support

Advertise

Donate

 

About

Team

Contact

Privacy Policy

Site designed by Jordan Ruimy © 2023