Gotcha. I thought you were lumping prequels into that as well.

That's my understanding as well. I would guess it would need to be a new director if they were going to finish the series. If this third one makes a fortune I can't see them not wanting to continue with the franchise, but who knows?

You would need a really talented sci fi director to pull off the final movies.

Quinn said:

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This is the final planned Dune movie, correct? Villeneuve is headed off to do Bond after this, so I would think he wouldn't have time in his schedule for a 4th.

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It will be the last *Villeneuve* Dune movie, yes (and then, yeah, he starts pre-production on Bond in January 2027, once the script is complete and Bond is officially cast, both of which will happen this year). But if Dune Three is a success, Warner Bros will no doubt continue the franchise in some form or fashion without him (or, rather, likely with him as executive producer) and without much of the current cast/characters as well, I imagine (I have no idea as to their fates after this book/movie so book readers please don't spoil them here in this thread - a book thread exists for that). This isn't a comparison in terms quality, obviously, but kind of how the Transformers movies lived on past Michael Bay/Shia LaBeouf, where Bay's tone/influence remained and he stayed on as executive producer, I imagine something like that happening here.

Perfect.

Makes sense, thanks.

And they've already done a Dune series (which I haven't watched yet) so precedent is already set to continue on.