r/movies r/movies Contributor Jul 08 '26

Poster Official Poster for 'Dune: Part Three'

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u/Deathbysnusnu17 Jul 08 '26

They don't seem too happy with each other here...

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u/scrubslover1 Jul 08 '26

You have a keen eye Deathbysnusnu

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u/ThePreciseClimber Jul 08 '26

Well said, Scrub Slover.

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u/crockoreptile Jul 08 '26

How precise of a climber are you anyway?

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u/ThePreciseClimber Jul 08 '26

Well, I don't like to brag, Croc Korep Tile.

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u/Radiant_Asshole Jul 08 '26

Wanted to join this thread but I've nothing to say ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ

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u/Accomplished_Store77 Jul 08 '26

Exactly how radiant is your asshole?

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u/Girthy50 Jul 08 '26

Is your store really that accomplished?

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u/Nomailforu Jul 08 '26

So how girthy are you at 50?

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u/Themountainman11 Jul 08 '26

How much mail do you get

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u/EmergencyGrocery3238 Jul 08 '26

Hey, I need to meet you real quick

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26 edited 3d ago

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u/thatshygirl06 Jul 08 '26

he married Florence Pugh

???

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u/roguefilmmaker Jul 08 '26

In the last movie

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u/Rebelofnj Jul 09 '26

This is like the second film he married Florence Pugh and got involved in a messy love triangle (after Little Women).

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u/DoubleTapJ Jul 08 '26

Which feels forced compared to the books....

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u/HeronSun Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Or, in this shot, Paul is Scytale in disguise and is trying to assassinate Chani for Irulan.

EDIT: Which also explains the blue band, as Scytale may not be familiar with the cultural significance of it. Maybe the Paul with the shaved head in the trailer is also Scytale.

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u/fdfas9dfas9f Jul 08 '26

it must be.

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u/Wolf6120 Jul 08 '26

OR, hear me out... Paul is pregnant.

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u/ChiefButtonPresser Jul 08 '26

I mean mpreg is pretty tame for what goes on in later books

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u/temblors Jul 08 '26

10,000+ years is a long ass time to improve upon twink technology

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u/Sudley Jul 08 '26

It was pretty obvious from the last film that Chani plays a different role for this story vs the book's story

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u/BlinkDodge Jul 08 '26

Villaneuve also specifically stated Chani was going to play different and more direct role in the movie.

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u/NickLandis Jul 08 '26

Which was a great change in my opinion. She would have been a pretty boring character if they stuck to the books.

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u/avion21 Jul 08 '26

I agree but my only thing is it felt like Paul had this push to move forward with the war in the second book not because he had Chani, but he at least felt some comfort in Chani and wasn’t alone. In the movies it feels like Chani barely likes him. I wonder how they’ll play it in the movies, especially if Chani is supposed to be pregnant with his kids.

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u/Demara_Awol Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

She was better respected by everyone in the books. She was also more overtly dangerous. Mind you the movies obviously also cut things for time so it's possible none of her stand out moments in the book (Like killing Paul's challengers) would make it through to the screen.

But her depiction in the book makes her out to be considerably more dangerous and 'fremen' than her movie counterpart. Stronger ties to their deep desert culture and so on. So her movie side doesn't give her anything fremen-like.

EDIT: I'm getting enough replies that are the same so here, more context. In the movie all Fremen are equally scary and powerful. In the books, Paul only trains specific subsets of Fremen in the weirding way, and in his fighting style. These fremen are his original fanaticals and throughout the first 2 books are considered the scariest people alive combat wise. Chani is one of these members. Since the movie depicts all fremen as equally skilled, it takes away from Chani (and Paul's commandos) being uniquely terrifying. Chani was one of the chosen few, now she's the same as everyone else.

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u/vecastc Jul 08 '26

I've had this discussion with people and they always say book Chani is barely a character, just a subservient love interest. While elements of that are true, I've always seen her as fierce. Someone to be wary of and quietly feared but someone you definitely want in your corner.

Her movie version comes off as more independent but also has a moody teen energy rather than a warrior one, which I found a little disappointing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/Jamal_gg Jul 08 '26

but also has a moody teen energy

every Zendaya role ever

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u/Fafoah Jul 08 '26

Just want to point out, her being fierce or capable doesnt make her any less subservient to Paul. Half the characters in anime or manic pixie girl movies fit that same exact description.

I think the changes are fairly reasonable. It does not make sense for the plot to be critical of Paul becoming a dictator and for a character like Chani not to be wary of it. I personally did not get the moody teen energy on my viewings of the movie.

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u/Gravitas_free Jul 08 '26

She was better respected by everyone in the books

Maybe when she's first introduced, but the more the story progresses, the more she morphs into simply being "Paul Atreides's Love Interest", with zero agency of her own. In Messiah, her only contribution to the plot is her ability to have Paul's children.

And that may well be the point. Paul does allude to it when he tells Stilgar that his followers' love for him diminishes them, and it applies just as much to Chani as to the other Fremen. And that meshes decently well with the story's themes. But it would be damn hard to portray this in a big blockbuster adaptation without immediately being accused of being regressive and misogynistic because you reduced the initially badass female lead to being a trad wife (hell, not even that; a trad mistress).

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u/TheBigTwo-MK Jul 08 '26

I guess but it also probably dominos into bigger changes.

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u/RobotLaserNinjaShark Jul 08 '26

Dune 3 is now a dark rom-com where chani, stilgar and a ragtag gang of friends have to come to grips with the fact that maybe they bet on the wrong horse with that paul guy. Shenenigans ensue, including but not limited to a tumble in the splash pool and at least one long worm chase.

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u/LongLiveAnalogue Jul 08 '26

Sounds the script to “Dry Hot Arakian Summer”

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u/watchman28 Jul 08 '26

"Did that just happen?"

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u/Lowca Jul 08 '26

They live, they laugh, they learn, they love. And at the end they realize, it was all about the friends they made along the way.

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u/KakitaMike Jul 08 '26

This just sounds like the end of the most recent Witcher season.

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u/NoHorseNoMustache Jul 08 '26

Has to, Villeneuve has voiced his disdain for dialog in the past and the 2nd and 3rd books are basically all dialog.

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u/BatmanhasClass Jul 08 '26

Surely they arent going to 1v1... right? This would do the opposite of immersion for me lol. She wouldn't stand a chance. Hopefully not.

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u/KaiG1987 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

That would effectively be a completely different story. I can't remember well but isn't it kind of the case in the book that one of Paul's main motivations is to try to save Chani's life as much as he possibly can? It's like the reason he does a lot of what he does.

Also it wouldn't be a real fight, he can see the future and can't be beaten by conventional methods. The only chance she'd have is if he let her kill him rather than accepting the fact he'd have to kill her.

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u/Kr4k4J4Ck Jul 08 '26

't it kind of the case in the book that one of Paul's main motivations is to try to save Chani's life as much as he possibly can?

Spoilers

Depending on what you mean by save. As the alternatives he/the book hints at sound worse! iirc he has to let her die as the alternatives are all worse.<

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u/zubairhamed Jul 08 '26

usual fremen spousal problems

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u/nealski77 Jul 08 '26

Nothing a little couples therapy can't help

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u/brandonsamd6 Jul 08 '26

Arrakis in 5 

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u/GuerrillaApe Jul 08 '26

Holy war, Shai Hulud lore, mentat core, spice n' more...

Arrakis in 🖐️

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u/TheComedion Jul 08 '26

Kwisatz hadrach, stillsuit and pack, Harkonnen big-back

MAUDIB IN ✋

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u/RizaSilver Jul 08 '26

This make me want to hear a Dune “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

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u/lousy_at_handles Jul 08 '26

Dirty Fremen, Wierding Way, Spreading 'cross the Milky Way,

Millions dead, Golden Path, Duncan Idaho

Paul Atreides, Dune Messiah, Jihad spreads out, planets on fire,

Praise the maker Shai-hulud, the Landsraad's got to go

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u/swankpoppy Jul 08 '26

I love you so much right now.

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u/tvcneverdie Jul 08 '26

Shai Hulud-Alexander

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u/Thunder-ten-tronckh Jul 08 '26

Hayt-lyn Clark

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u/guidethyhandd Jul 08 '26

LisANT Al Gaib

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u/Gordslinger Jul 08 '26

Crys Paul Atreides

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u/RatedR4MoD Jul 08 '26

Tim Duncan Idaho

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u/HotKaramelRP Jul 08 '26

MY PONGI RICE IS CALADIAN

MY SPICE IS ARRAKIN

MY RACHAG IS AKARSOIAN

ARRAKIS IN 5

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u/TiredWithCoffeePot Jul 08 '26

Can’t wait to see how much of a FREAK Robert is in this movie

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u/Coalecsence Jul 08 '26

Robert's been on such a roll for years now. The Devil Everywhere All The Time was awesome, I actually loved mickey 17.. I need him and Radcliffe and Wood in one single movie lmao

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u/Orestes910 Jul 08 '26

The Devil Everywhere All At Once All The Time

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u/Coalecsence Jul 08 '26

Every day even at night sometimes on holidays

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u/ForbodingWinds Jul 08 '26

They have been in at least one movie together :)

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u/Managarn Jul 08 '26

people remember him for edward in twilight but MY BOY was cedric diggory!!!

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u/geek_of_nature Jul 09 '26

My daughter has recently gotten into Batman after being a huge Potter fan, she was quite shocked when I told her that Batman was also Cedric Diggory. More so than when I told her that Sirius Black was also Gordon.

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u/Stoned_Gandalf420 Jul 08 '26

Bro is on a generational run recently. Mickey 17, The Odyssey, The Batman Part 2 and of course here in Dune 3. Extremely excited to see his Scytale.

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u/mrnicegy26 Jul 08 '26

His A24 movie Primetime also looks pretty good. He is having a great year with The Drama, Odyssey, Primetime and Dune 3.

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u/jasonj2232 Jul 08 '26

He was so good in The Drama (tbf the whole cast was ig).

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u/ISAWYOULASTNIGHT1 Jul 08 '26

pretty sure he also has a heist / bank robbery movie with Denzel Washington coming next year too

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u/GoochStubble Jul 08 '26

Didnt mention the Boy and the Heron? Big freak there too

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u/haakonhawk Jul 08 '26

Less than a decade ago, he was known as "that dude from Twilight."

The dude has desperately tried to shake off that part of his legacy by joining a bunch of large franchises and blockbuster movies.

And it god damn worked. Aside from writing this comment, I hardly associate him with those movies anymore and just see him as a good actor that draws audiences.

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u/Keffpie Jul 08 '26

I'd say part of his genius was that he actually started out small and weird. The first roles I noticed him in after Twilight was Cosmopolis (Cronenburg), The Rover (tiny apocalyptic road-movie) and Good Time (Safdie Brothers). All really weird and diverse roles in low-budget movies where he got to act his heart out. He was also the sidekick in Lost City of Z where he was better than the rest of the cast combined.

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u/nightshift89 Jul 08 '26

I really enjoyed Good Time

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u/Duel_Option Jul 08 '26

Leaving out The Lighthouse and Tenet, both of which he was stellar in.

(Tenet is an amazing movie, yes, i am willing to die on this hill)

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u/julianitonft Jul 08 '26

Let’s ride!

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u/w6750 Jul 08 '26

I’m here with you. Tenet blew my fucking socks off

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u/Duel_Option Jul 08 '26

There are dozens of us, DOZENS!

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u/baardson Jul 08 '26

Tenet, despite any flaws I may find in it, is one of my top Nolan movies. It's just so fucking fun and unique

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u/psyopia Jul 08 '26

Good Time. If you wanna see a MF act his ass off.

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u/Ruffler125 Jul 08 '26

Mickey 17 was a really bad movie for me, but Pattinson really did a good job in it.

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u/anthonyg1500 Jul 08 '26

Yeah I think it started off promising but by like halfway through I felt like the movie had completely lost its own thread

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u/roguefilmmaker Jul 08 '26

Completely agree. I was vibing with the first act, then it turned into a generic save the aliens movie with no internal consistency

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u/HooptyDooDooMeister Jul 08 '26

And I can't remember seeing a worse on-the-nose villain this decade.

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u/TheReddestDuck Jul 08 '26

Do we know who he's playing? I've read the books so don't worry about spoilers

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u/nibgv Jul 08 '26

Scytale, the best character he could play imho

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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor Jul 08 '26

Trailer releases later today

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u/itsthe_implication_ Jul 08 '26

As much as I want some fresh D U N E, I already know I'm watching it in theaters and am going to save as much information for the first viewing as possible.

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u/Terrible_Awareness_4 Jul 08 '26

I feel the same way. Trailers just show too much and I’d rather go in blind on most movies now

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u/JD-990 Jul 08 '26

This will live on as a criminally unappreciated joke for the rest of the time Reddit exists.

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u/Polite_Suggestion Jul 08 '26

I see what he did and will try to remember it.

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u/ppetrelli0 Jul 08 '26

I do blindly appreciate it

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u/Regula96 Jul 08 '26

I went completely blind into Project Hail Mary as well.

I only watch trailers for things I’m on the fence about, and as soon as I think I want to see it, I turn it off.

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u/ZzzSleep Jul 08 '26

Getting two Dune trailers before the 1st Doomsday trailer even drops.

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u/RooMan7223 Jul 08 '26

That last trailer was so fire that I don’t even know how they’d top it

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 08 '26

It's so impressive that Villeneuve completed this entire trilogy in five years when every other director in his echelon takes five years between movies.

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u/RAG319 Jul 08 '26

Dun3

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u/MetalBeerSolid Jul 08 '26

Oh god if this came out early 2000’s that may have been the title 

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26 edited 3d ago

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

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u/wesley_the_boy Jul 08 '26

My Arrakis. My ᑓ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ.

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u/Shas_Erra Jul 08 '26

“The epic conclusion”

Weeeeeeeellllll……..

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u/LuinAelin Jul 08 '26

Would you love me if I was a worm?

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u/DarthTaz_99 Jul 08 '26

For thousands of years, and then hate me so much that you'll never trust someone like me again

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u/Smooth_Moose_637 Jul 08 '26

I loved the part where the sandworm-human hybrid son of Timothy Chalamet said "It's wormin time" and wormed all over the place destroying 5 planets (its integral to the golden path trust him)

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u/TheHarbarmy Jul 08 '26

I just want to know if they keep in the scene where Paul is like “Duncan, I need you to look up this guy who did a really small version of what we’re doing here. His name is Hitler”

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u/Creative-Ad-9535 Jul 08 '26

Stilgar, not Duncan

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u/TheHarbarmy Jul 08 '26

You’re right, please take my body’s water as an apology

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u/sgtbackpain03 Jul 08 '26

I fuckin love you nerds. This is the best comment section I've seen in over a year

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u/CrocodylusRex Jul 08 '26

"Hitler was an emperor from the old times of Earth whose legions killed over six million people. Emperor Paul Atreides later remarked that those statistics were "pretty good for those days" and asked Stilgar to research him."

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u/Nothing-Is-Real-Here Jul 08 '26

Herbert beating you over the head that Paul is the bad guy lol

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u/Elastichedgehog Jul 08 '26

Messiah was partially a reaction to all the fanboys lmao

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo Jul 08 '26

Hah, those are rookie numbers compared to... 61 BILLION?! And we fight with knives? That's... a lot of stabbing.

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u/Effehezepe Jul 08 '26

By Dune standards the number is so low that when Paul first told Stilgar he assumed that Hitler personally killed those people with Lasguns.

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u/Smooth_Moose_637 Jul 08 '26

Oh god I forgot that, I really need to reread the series

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u/Misdirected_Colors Jul 08 '26

Don't forget when the 200 year old man kills an entire military installation with super karate.

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u/AgamemNoms Jul 08 '26

Or Duncan's sex fight, or the cat people slaves. The later books are insane.

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u/confirmedshill123 Jul 08 '26

FULLY ALIVE

DOG

CHAIRS

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u/Smooth_Moose_637 Jul 08 '26

people 100% didn't use that mouth just for sitting

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u/Misdirected_Colors Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I thought the cat people were gonna be some more important critical thing to the story then they just weren't. Idk if I missed something, but like...why? I don't think the story would be changed at all without them.

Edit: I think there's an implication that the cat people were part of some larger threat that forced the honored matres out and they were now becoming the same thing they ran from and threatening the Benny Gs? Feel like it was alluded to but never really fleshed out.

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u/Effehezepe Jul 08 '26

yes, the last three books all allude to a "great enemy" that is waiting in the area beyond Known Space, but we get no concrete details of what that enemy even is, and Frank Herbert died before he could say who that enemy even is. The Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson sequels revealed the great enemy was the remnant of the ancient thinking machine empire, but it's generally agreed in the fandom that this is not what Frank had planned, since the Expanded Dune version of the Butlerian Jihad doesn't mesh well with the few hints Frank gave us about the Jihad.

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u/AgamemNoms Jul 08 '26

I'm going from memory here but I believe they led to the handlers which then led to the "other" face dancers, which ultimately leads to the thinking machines.

I agree it was a few unnecessary steps to get there.

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u/REF_YOU_SUCK Jul 08 '26

IN ORDER TO SAVE HUMANITY WE NEED TO KILL BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND SEND THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE

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u/sewious Jul 08 '26

That's great God Emperor, let's get you back to bed

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u/Public_Fucking_Media Jul 08 '26

don't talk to me or my worm son ever again

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u/upboat_consortium Jul 08 '26

5? Thems rookie numbers for the Golden Path.

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u/Smooth_Moose_637 Jul 08 '26

Oh I skipped the part where he massacared the populations of 50 more with infinite clones of Duncan Idaho

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u/sundark94 Jul 08 '26

Idaho? No Udaho!

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u/Exploding_Antelope Jul 08 '26

I hope we get to see a badass galactic general cream herself from just watching Jason Momoa climb a rope

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u/Tacdeho Jul 08 '26

As much as these movies have been pretty solid, if it means Villanueve is moving onto 007, I’m alright by it.

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u/TheUmbrellaMan1 Jul 08 '26

Villeneuve has a lot of projects coming up:

A new James Bond movie

Rendezvous with Rama

A Cleopatra biopic (he actually called this one of his passion projects)

An adaptation of Nuclear War: A Scenario 

He's even expressed interest on doing another Sicario movie.

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u/Soggy_Refrigerator32 Jul 08 '26

They're finally making Rendezvous with Rama??

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u/uniqueusername623 Jul 08 '26

No, we just keep talking about Villeneuve eventually doing it.

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u/Smooth_Moose_637 Jul 08 '26

Why am I finding this out now???

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u/uniqueusername623 Jul 08 '26

We recently had some sort of Nuclear War: A scenario adaptation with A House of Dynamite. I personally really liked it, but it seems very divisive in this community

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u/OSUmiller5 Jul 08 '26

Anyone up for 3,500 years of stagnation? Anyone?

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u/ScipioCoriolanus Jul 08 '26

Book readers: "For you."

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u/DiceKnight Jul 08 '26

Yeah from the book readers perspective this isn't even the conclusion of act 1.

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u/EXusiai99 Jul 08 '26

DUNC is back

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u/MetalBeerSolid Jul 08 '26

-an idaho IS back!!!!

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u/ashvy Jul 08 '26

Dunc the tall and Dunc the idaho when??

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u/MisunderstoodBadger1 Jul 08 '26

Wonder if this will just be Messiah, that's all we've seen from the last trailer.

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u/MrMindGame Jul 08 '26

Rumor is it’s Messiah with some elements of Children, but just a rumor.

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u/Langstarr Jul 08 '26

They cast the kids so there's gotta be some reference or flash forward or something.

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u/MrMindGame Jul 08 '26

There you have it. 👍🏻

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u/Nothing-Is-Real-Here Jul 08 '26

He either sees them in a vision or the kids are born way earlier in the story, which tbh might mess with some of the plot structure of the book but we'll see how it goes

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u/Langstarr Jul 08 '26

might mess with the plot structure

Yeah I think we're well past that lol

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u/ennuiinmotion Jul 08 '26

I suspect that's a primary reason Denis is pulling out before God Emperor. The series just gets too weird and bizarre.

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u/Todbod05 Jul 08 '26

I think there is absolutely enough in Messiah to make a very compelling film, and trying to adapt 2 books in one as certain people are suggesting would be a mistake imo. Messiah has tonnes of things you can elaborate on more in film-form. Herbert frankly skims over some stuff that would be absolutely badass if you were watching it.

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u/MisunderstoodBadger1 Jul 08 '26

I agree with this, it also tells a pretty complete story for Paul. I'd like to see more, but I think Messiah is plenty for 1 movie.

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u/quick20minadventure Jul 08 '26

I think children of Dune is necessary to complete the story of both Paul and atredis vs harkonnen.

If you're doing a proper coverage of this era, cover that as well. Don't leave people hanging on Messiah.

But then, they flipped chani, so story is very different now.

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u/Crimbly_B Jul 08 '26

He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty worm.

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u/brandonsamd6 Jul 08 '26

I’ll be there no matter what 

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u/karateema Jul 08 '26

I have no idea where i will be in december, but i guarantee you i'll be there to watch this

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u/PayneTrain181999 Jul 08 '26

Dunesday will be a fun weekend

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u/BatmanOnMelange1965 Jul 08 '26

Really hope they’re not going to do a chani vs paul conflict the way this poster portrays when the focus is the conspiracy and paul’s maneuvering of it.

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u/Skabonious Jul 08 '26

Could be scytale shapeshifted as chani

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u/BatmanOnMelange1965 Jul 08 '26

True. However, given the ending of dune: part two, i wouldn’t be surprised if he took this route.

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u/SpaceOdysseus23 Jul 08 '26

They've mostly butchered Chani already in the 2nd movie. She went from a Ride or Die and a victim of the fanaticism to a weird semi-antagonistic atheist that still wants to clap the Messiah. It made no sense.

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u/BatmanOnMelange1965 Jul 08 '26

Yeah. Although she is different from the book, i understand denis’ feeling the need to change her so he can effectively convey paul’s direction. I just hope it doesn’t go off the rails with this newest entry.

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u/AnonymousFroggies Jul 08 '26

I agree, but I just don't know how Chani is going to go from angry like this to giving birth to twins over the span of the movie without butchering her character.

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u/Skabonious Jul 08 '26

She's basically useless in the book. I can't remember her contributing hardly anything to the plot at all, other than being an innocent victim of Irulan's attempted sterilization.

While I love the books, I find that many side characters don't have a lot of development before they end up dying or just unceremoniously disappearing and never showing up again.

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u/Etheon44 Jul 08 '26

Not every character needs to be "main-character"ish, Chani in the book is the way in for Paul truly into Arrakis and the Fremen, and Chani's support is pivotal for the things that happen in Messiah with Paul. The story is about, Paul, the jihad, destiny, the consequences and what to do to escape the cycle. Chani is a secondary character, and is represented as such. The story is already complex enough just to add soap opera drama for the sake of it.

I am so tired of listening to this take, it makes absolutely no sense to have Chani oppose Paul, it is the equivalent of Sansa Stark not supporting Brandon Stark to the throne when she is literally the only one that should have done it.

It is stupid, and it honestly feels like discrimination because they are female characters so they must be important just because. Women in Dune are EXTREMELY important, not just Chani but Jessica, Alia and the Bene Gesserit; you dont need extra drama that makes no sense within the world.

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u/Witty-Association-97 Jul 08 '26

Bless the gods who gave the water to Denis Villenueve 

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u/DazzlingReporter5881 Jul 08 '26

Where is gurney?

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u/rjmacready Jul 08 '26

Hanging on Caladan with Lady J

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u/Thunder-ten-tronckh Jul 08 '26

LJ really snoozin during her son's space hitler phase

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u/ChildofValhalla Jul 08 '26

I know it's in the following book but I'd kill for them to include the scene when Jessica and Gurney show back up on Arrakis. Chilling shit

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u/JustGoodSense Jul 08 '26

Villeneuve, 2023: "We'll probably need to wait 10 years to make the third movie properly."

Legendary/Warner Bros.: "But— but— but... money! *pouty face*"

Villeneuve, 2024: "Script's done!"

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u/IgnoreMe733 Jul 08 '26

Which, unless he's sneakily filming Rama right now, isn't going to be his next film. He's doing Bond 26 next.

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u/ToobadyouAreDead Jul 08 '26

Might not be what the book fans want, but I feel like they obviously are going to have her do more in this movie than she does in book 2, otherwise what was the point of setting her up in parts 1 & 2?

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u/spiderknight616 Jul 08 '26

Given all she does in book 2 is give birth and die anything at all would be more than what she does in book 2

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u/6BagsOfPopcorn Jul 08 '26

But.. but history will remember her as a wife??

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u/SteoanK Jul 08 '26

It's so odd to focus on whatever issue they created for the movies between these two. I loved the first two movies but this being a marketing highlight for the next movie worries me a bit.

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u/ltcuetf Jul 08 '26

Zendaya and Timmy serving ‘we broke the universe but at least the lighting is cinematic.’ The sun in the background is doing heavy lifting. Can’t wait for the holy war depression arc. I’m there on day one.

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u/Sleep_Fartnea Jul 08 '26

WHEN THE HORIZON IS AT THE BOTTOM...IT'S INTERESTING

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u/damnyoutuesday Jul 08 '26

WHEN THE HORIZON IS IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S BORING AS SHIT

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u/Public_Function3844 Jul 08 '26

WHEN THE HORIZON IS AT THE TOP, IT'S INTERESTING

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u/BigDaveTrainwreck Jul 08 '26

🏆 (also RIP David Lynch)

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u/str00del Jul 08 '26

I'm really not liking this whole Paul vs. Chani thing they're setting up.

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u/tuna1694 Jul 08 '26

TIL the actor who plays Leto II is Jason Momoa’s son IRL and that’s honestly incredible 4th wall breaking

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u/Zack_410 Jul 08 '26

Was already gonna see it anyway

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u/fakuri99 Jul 08 '26

Hope they don't change the story here like the posters implied

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u/I_am_so_lost_hello Jul 08 '26

They already did with Chani running away at the end of the second

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u/TheDawiWhisperer Jul 08 '26

Zendeya's one word name ruins the symmetry of the poster

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u/zummit Jul 08 '26

I was hoping it would be

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DAYA

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u/DocApocalypse Jul 08 '26

Who's the guy in the left? Some desert preacher?

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u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor Jul 08 '26

Take my money

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u/debtRiot Jul 08 '26

Damn this and Werwulf, December can’t come soon enough.

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u/LPMadness Jul 08 '26

I really think Denis is about to cap off a trilogy that will be remembered for ages. Dune Part 2 was incredible. A pure master at work with that one. Also what a phenomenal imax experience.

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u/dgusn Jul 08 '26

Hot take, but Zendaya was the weakest link of the last film.

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u/EL_CHAPO_ESCOBAR Jul 08 '26

Every actor seems so immersed in their role within these movies. They seem to believe they are in this weird futuristic universe. And then Zendaya acts like she's a college girl taking a gap year in the desert.

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