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Denis Villeneuve Will Stop Making ‘Dune’ Movies After ‘Dune 3,’ Despite More Books in the Series: ‘Dune Messiah Should Be the Last for Me’


Denis Villeneuve wants to make "Dune 3," but it will be his last "Dune" movie.

“The idea excites me very much,” franchise leading man Timothee Chalamet later added to Total Film magazine. If Villeneuve gets the chance to direct “Dune Messiah,” it might not happen for a bit of a time. He said at a press conference in South Korea last year that “there was no gap” between the first two movies, and he’ll want space before “Messiah.”

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