After the successful weekend at the box office, Warner Bros. has greenlit a sequel to Dune. With that green lighting comes news that Denis Villeneuve may want to move forward with more film adaptations from Frank Herbert’s novels.
Villeneuve stated,
“I always envisioned three movies,”
“It’s not that I want to do a franchise, but this is Dune, and Dune is a huge story. In order to honor it, I think you would need at least three movies. That would be the dream. To follow Paul Atreides and his full arc would be nice.” He added, “[Frank] Herbert wrote six books, and the more he was writing, the more it was getting psychedelic, so I don’t know how some of them could be adapted. One thing at a time. If I ever have the chance to do Dune: Part Two and Dune Messiah, I’m blessed.”
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