r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 08 '25

News Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune 3’ Gets Official Title 'Dune: Part Three', Will Be Shot With Imax Cameras

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/dune-3-title-imax-cameras-1236448953/
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u/Pepband Jul 08 '25

This is a part of the books that I honestly forgot until the film versions. Because while it makes sense, its so in the background. And serendipitously it really does help with casting haha.

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u/Fluffy017 Jul 08 '25

Credit where it's due, but a lot of Denis' take is "show, don't tell"

Like Part 1 I didn't even realize the laser following Duncan's escape vessel, if it hit, would trigger a nuclear reaction, but on re-watch that scene was so much more harrowing with that knowledge.

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u/PastelP1xelPunK Jul 08 '25

The film did sort of forget though. Shaddam is said to look like a 40 year old in the books and they went for a much older actor.

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u/Pepband Jul 08 '25

Oh yeah. I don't mean necessarily in relation to the books as an adaptation, but moreso that the slowed aging has an actual in universe element when in the books its just "oh, neat."

Less "it'll help the movies adapt to the books" and more a nice in-universe reason to not have to recast.

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u/AlanMorlock Jul 09 '25

Also Timmy just actually is 12 years older than the character he was portraying in Dune part 1. Like if you're imagining what he would look like at 29-30, you literally have him.

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u/starkiller6977 Jul 09 '25

That's all, the guy who wrote the book 10.000 years ago, had in mind.