First Trailer: Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Three”

Following yesterday’s posters, the first trailer has arrived for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Three” opening in December.

The film will be based on 1969’s “Dune Messiah” novel. The new film begins seventeen years later with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) ruling as Emperor, married to Princess Irulan (Pugh), while maintaining a relationship with his concubine, Chani (Zendaya).

Forces plot against him, including the Bene Tleilax – an arcane, xenophobic sect of genetic manipulators who traffic in biological products. Villeneuve says the film will tonally lean more into a thriller and also feature more action than the previous two films.

The film stars Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia Atreides, Jason Momoa as a new version of Duncan Idaho, and Robert Pattinson as Scytale.

The project marks Chalamet and Villeneuve’s last foray into this universe. The project, primarily shot on 65mm film stock, also has sequences shot in 15/70mm IMAX film. Scenes in the desert, of which there are plenty, were shot in IMAX Digital.

“Dune: Part Three” is slated to release in cinemas on December 18th 2026.