Wait so Paul's kid will be Duncan Idaho's kid IRL?

That won't be confusing at all.

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Don't see how we don't get a Dune 4 unless 3 is like 4.5 hours.

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Really hoping for God Emperor and the Honored Matres arcs.

Just based on the later storylines and what not it does make things a little weird.

I expect a lot of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune story arcs to be condensed and even happen way out of order.

And all I really want is to see a Navigator.

I'm here for the Axlotl tanks!

Josh Brolin has read the script for Dune: Part Three and says it's "super good." It's a worthy conclusion to the trilogy "in a big way." pic.twitter.com/H1KcqD87oR

— 𝐑. Å𝐥í | Secrets of Dune (@SecretsOfDune) August 7, 2025

if this really happens after the first two movies got delayed, it’s gonna feel like an absolute gift https://t.co/M7PN9q7bLt

— Paul Muad’Dib (@trygraptor) December 2, 2025

Timothée Chalamet on cutting his hair for ‘DUNE: PART THREE’

"There’s supposed to be a character shift. I’m playing 15, 20 years older. So we did a 3 millimetre haircut. And then the director wanted more 1.5, then we did 1."

(Via @TheGNShow) pic.twitter.com/hyQhhHf0H6

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 12, 2025

Not a chance Dune doesn’t budge. Barbenheimer was one thing, but the audience for these two are concentric circles of very different sizes, and Disney is going to extort its way onto occupying 90% of screens https://t.co/9DeSr8rtCj

— Siddhant Adlakha (@SiddhantAdlakha) December 24, 2025

One of these films will likely still change release dates depending on IMAX screens. Both films will want those IMAX screens for at least 2 weeks https://t.co/8C7wo8oEGW

— Jacob (@JacobFisherDF) December 23, 2025

This report is correct, @warnerbros is sticking their feet in the sand and refusing to move because "they were there first", but they will move. They have to move. Disney theatrical distribution is the gorilla, not them. WB just buying time until Dune is 100% sure to be ready. https://t.co/yEKqGmwRrC

— EmpireCity Box Office (@EmpireCityBO) December 24, 2025

Dune will premiere at Venice and open in theaters on October 9th is my guess https://t.co/Lub6hs0uxp

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) December 24, 2025

I mostly agree with @davidehrlich , but think the @dunemovie date will be Oct. 24th where the Jordan Peele film that never shot still sits. Would have a clean IMAX run all the way to Thanksgiving. @warnerbros would have to move the M. Night film, but that is not a dealbreaker. https://t.co/NZHtTqPGD5

— EmpireCity Box Office (@EmpireCityBO) December 24, 2025

Currently my number one most anticipated trailer.

Now, to try and decipher what "soon" means.

Dune: Part Three is a Warner Bros movie, so chances are they attach it to another Warner Bros movie. However, none of their next three releases feel appropriate, genre-wise...

2.13 = Wuthering Heights
3.06 = The Bride!
3.27 = They Will Kill You

However, outside of Warner Bros, the upcoming movie that makes the most sense in terms of attachments would be Project Hail Mary on 3.20. In fact, WB could easily attach it to that, then have the trailer play with They Will Kill You (a psychological action/thriller) the very next weekend.

Granted, the trailer could technically release next week with Wuthering Heights - which is going to be big, also in IMAX, and would definitely qualify as soon soon - but outside of the studio connection that seems like such a random movie to debut a massive sci-fi trailer with. I'd certainly take it, though.

Otherwise, I'm sticking with it likely being with Project Hail Mary next month. We shall see...

Timothée Chalamet says on @Qofficiel that the trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s ‘DUNE: PART THREE’ is finished and set to be released “soon.”

Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Florence Pugh and more.

In theaters on December 18 pic.twitter.com/1M3blq2q4o

— Film Crave (@_filmcrave) February 4, 2026

If you are already a third of the way through God Emperor, you are doing fantastic. I had never read past Messiah 40 years ago and the first Villanueve Dune movie motivated me to read the original six books, but God Emperor was a complete slog for me. Took me several months to finish it. The payoff of the last two books is worth it. I rank Heretics of Dune my second favorite of the six.

Oscars are March 15 - five days before Project Hail Mary - so this would certainly check out…

the more i think about this the more im realizing they’re waiting so they can use academy award winner timothee chalamet in the trailer https://t.co/kYCJol3BId

— luca (@waynesfury) February 5, 2026

I just figured the VFX team needed more time to digitally remove his mustache

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If you are already a third of the way through God Emperor, you are doing fantastic. I had never read past Messiah 40 years ago and the first Villanueve Dune movie motivated me to read the original six books, but God Emperor was a complete slog for me. Took me several months to finish it. The payoff of the last two books is worth it. I rank Heretics of Dune my second favorite of the six.

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God Emperor is definitely a weird one. I keep thinking how they could possibly make this into a movie. I mean, I know they can, but I'm thinking they've already thought if they should to quote Ian Malcolm.

I read that Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune were intended as a trilogy, but when Frank Herbert died after completing that last book, his son came in and finished it based on Herbert's notes. So I will go ahead with the two books that came about due to those notes.

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I just figured the VFX team needed more time to digitally remove his mustache

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Underrated post.

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NE PA Ag said:

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If you are already a third of the way through God Emperor, you are doing fantastic. I had never read past Messiah 40 years ago and the first Villanueve Dune movie motivated me to read the original six books, but God Emperor was a complete slog for me. Took me several months to finish it. The payoff of the last two books is worth it. I rank Heretics of Dune my second favorite of the six.

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God Emperor is definitely a weird one. I keep thinking how they could possibly make this into a movie. I mean, I know they can, but I'm thinking they've already thought if they should to quote Ian Malcolm.

I read that Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune were intended as a trilogy, but when Frank Herbert died after completing that last book, his son came in and finished it based on Herbert's notes. So I will go ahead with the two books that came about due to those notes.

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You could maybe do the Golden Path reveal in God Emperor in a few scenes and nothing else in the book. That book would be crazy difficult to adapt.

Yes, there is a missing Frank book that was never made. Brian's books do not have a good reputation so I've never read them. I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book. It seemed like a lot of "And then this happened" that never made me want to read the actual book.

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I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book.

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That's where it gets unbelievable.

Apparently the son and other author found some old ass floppy disks containing Frank's notes, yet there is absolutely no proof that the notes were followed. Brian and KJA don't even claim to be faithful to the notes, so you didn't read the plot of the missing book. You read the fan fiction created by a son who wanted to hop on the gravy train his dad left rolling.

Hard to say if the publisher contacted Brian first to see if there was interest in the estate continuing to build out the Dune franchise, or if it was the other way around.

The only thing clear is that Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson put forth six prequels which laid out a very specific "thinking machines as the ultimate evil" storyline and two sequels to Chapterhouse: Dune which completely reinforced their make believe narrative.

There is absolutely zero hard evidence Frank intended the final book to be about the thinking machines. In fact it is 180 degrees away from how he ended Chapterhouse.

This is neither here nor there but, does The Bride look absolutely terrible to anyone else?

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NE PA Ag said:

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If you are already a third of the way through God Emperor, you are doing fantastic. I had never read past Messiah 40 years ago and the first Villanueve Dune movie motivated me to read the original six books, but God Emperor was a complete slog for me. Took me several months to finish it. The payoff of the last two books is worth it. I rank Heretics of Dune my second favorite of the six.

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God Emperor is definitely a weird one. I keep thinking how they could possibly make this into a movie. I mean, I know they can, but I'm thinking they've already thought if they should to quote Ian Malcolm.

I read that Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune were intended as a trilogy, but when Frank Herbert died after completing that last book, his son came in and finished it based on Herbert's notes. So I will go ahead with the two books that came about due to those notes.

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You could maybe do the Golden Path reveal in God Emperor in a few scenes and nothing else in the book. That book would be crazy difficult to adapt.

Yes, there is a missing Frank book that was never made. Brian's books do not have a good reputation so I've never read them. I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book. It seemed like a lot of "And then this happened" that never made me want to read the actual book.

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Because almost nothing happens in it. I realize I'm beating this to death but God Emperor is just one long philosophical talking book. Zero action. Would be boring as hell as a movie. I still think Messiah will divert from the book enough to make it digestible by the masses since he changed the ending of Dune in part 2 leading into Messiah.

I still need to read the final two books. I stopped after God Emperor because I had read the first four books back to back year before last.

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Quad Dog said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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NE PA Ag said:

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If you are already a third of the way through God Emperor, you are doing fantastic. I had never read past Messiah 40 years ago and the first Villanueve Dune movie motivated me to read the original six books, but God Emperor was a complete slog for me. Took me several months to finish it. The payoff of the last two books is worth it. I rank Heretics of Dune my second favorite of the six.

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God Emperor is definitely a weird one. I keep thinking how they could possibly make this into a movie. I mean, I know they can, but I'm thinking they've already thought if they should to quote Ian Malcolm.

I read that Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune were intended as a trilogy, but when Frank Herbert died after completing that last book, his son came in and finished it based on Herbert's notes. So I will go ahead with the two books that came about due to those notes.

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You could maybe do the Golden Path reveal in God Emperor in a few scenes and nothing else in the book. That book would be crazy difficult to adapt.

Yes, there is a missing Frank book that was never made. Brian's books do not have a good reputation so I've never read them. I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book. It seemed like a lot of "And then this happened" that never made me want to read the actual book.

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Because almost nothing happens in it. I realize I'm beating this to death but God Emperor is just one long philosophical talking book. Zero action. Would be boring as hell as a movie. I still think Messiah will divert from the book enough to make it digestible by the masses since he changed the ending of Dune in part 2 leading into Messiah.

I still need to read the final two books. I stopped after God Emperor because I had read the first four books back to back year before last.

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IMDB lists actors for Leto II and Ghanima, so I'm expecting some influence from Children of Dune in Dune Part 3.

That's I figured they would do, and I'm so freaking excited. Children of Dune was one of my favorites. I also really liked Chapterhouse and heretics a bunch as well.

They should combine Messiah and Children of Dune for this movie to end the Trilogy. Then I would make 2 movies out of Heretics and Chapterhouse, but cover God Emperor as an extended Prologue to start the Heretics movie. One can dream!

Complete derail but I recall reading Heretics for the first time the weekend of the A&M/MICH Alamo Bowl staying in a room with my folks at the Marriott Riverwalk.

A weird way to tie Dune to Aggie football.

Builders Square , now that is a name I have not heard in a long time.

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That's I figured they would do, and I'm so freaking excited. Children of Dune was one of my favorites. I also really liked Chapterhouse and heretics a bunch as well.

They should combine Messiah and Children of Dune for this movie to end the Trilogy. Then I would make 2 movies out of Heretics and Chapterhouse, but cover God Emperor as an extended Prologue to start the Heretics movie. One can dream!

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Which would also actually align the movies back to the books in that Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune were written as a trilogy. So, Villanova eventually did the original trilogy as movies but just cut it up differently.

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That's I figured they would do, and I'm so freaking excited. Children of Dune was one of my favorites. I also really liked Chapterhouse and heretics a bunch as well.

They should combine Messiah and Children of Dune for this movie to end the Trilogy. Then I would make 2 movies out of Heretics and Chapterhouse, but cover God Emperor as an extended Prologue to start the Heretics movie. One can dream!

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What about an extended epilogue to the Dune Messiah movie?

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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Quad Dog said:

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I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book.

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That's where it gets unbelievable.

Apparently the son and other author found some old ass floppy disks containing Frank's notes, yet there is absolutely no proof that the notes were followed. Brian and KJA don't even claim to be faithful to the notes, so you didn't read the plot of the missing book. You read the fan fiction created by a son who wanted to hop on the gravy train his dad left rolling.

Hard to say if the publisher contacted Brian first to see if there was interest in the estate continuing to build out the Dune franchise, or if it was the other way around.

The only thing clear is that Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson put forth six prequels which laid out a very specific "thinking machines as the ultimate evil" storyline and two sequels to Chapterhouse: Dune which completely reinforced their make believe narrative.

There is absolutely zero hard evidence Frank intended the final book to be about the thinking machines. In fact it is 180 degrees away from how he ended Chapterhouse.

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I don't see why this is unbelievable. The Butlerian Jihad is a fundamental, underlying event that completely shaped the Dune universe read about in the novels. It makes total sense that the prequel novels would use that as a central theme. There is nothing make believe about that.

I have no opinion on what they did with sequels because that is a separate issue.

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Mega Lops said:

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I did read the Wikipedia summaries to see the full plot of the missing book.

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I don't see why this is unbelievable.

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The poster I quoted said he read the full plot of the missing book. That is based upon inaccurate statements and half truths linked on Wikipedia.

The Wikipedia outlines of Hunters and Sandworms do not deal with the plot of the missing book, only that it was supposedly based on notes left behind. Wiki entries do give plot summaries of the stuff written by BH and KJA but nothing based concrete details left by Herbert himself.

The notes were not miraculously found until after the House prequels were written. So by the time the notes were discovered, the son and KJA already had a narrative in mind completely different from the ending of Chapterhouse.

So yes, it is completely unbelievable that anyone could read the plot of the missing book. Frank Herbert's notes on book 7 have never been made public.