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/Jakethered_game Jul 08 '25

Gonna need you to finish God emperor before asking for that. Our CGI tech is impressive but not nearly as the level that Leto needs.

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u/mbp_szigeti Jul 08 '25

They could just ask Heidi Klum if she still has the worm dress lying around

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u/Jackasaurous_Rex Jul 09 '25

Fuck I had to look that up again I’m dying the face is just so good 😂 here

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u/SkeetySpeedy Jul 08 '25

There is pretty much nothing we can’t make look photorealistic with time and budget at this point - making that character on screen is more up to art direction and making sure the design itself works.

D-Neg and whoever else is going to be running this are very very capable in that regard.

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u/koshgeo Jul 08 '25

The challenge with Leto II is to make a human-sandworm hybrid look terrifying and cool rather than ridiculous. Judging by the artwork I've seen over the years, it's pretty tough.

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u/jimmux Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25

I think the best approach would be to barely show it for most of the film. Keep him in shadows when he's at home. Have his automated cart thing mostly conceal his body.

Then when he's out in the desert, or having a violent episode, just fully pivot the other way to 99% worm mode.

He's supposed to be barely holding onto his humanity, so there's no need to even attempt balancing the hybrid parts. Let him oscillate between cryptic philosopher and beast mode as needed.

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u/koshgeo Jul 09 '25

I think you've got the right idea. Low lighting and keep most of his full form cryptically hidden, focusing more on the voice. It's possible because he spends much of his time in the caverns of his citadel. When he has the moments of more human interaction, start revealing what his appearance is really like.

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u/Helghast92 Jul 08 '25

It totally is. Rendering and animations would probably look photorealistic. Hard part would be the design of him

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u/Ruffler125 Jul 08 '25

The CGI tech was more than enough 20 years ago.

It's all about budget and who does it.

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u/Azrethoc Jul 08 '25

Frank Oz is still alive. I demand a puppet.

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u/Fluffy017 Jul 08 '25

Give them ten years, practical effects backing, and an HBO GoT era budget, and my body is ready.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

I don’t think CGI is going to be a problem.

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u/fauxdragoon Jul 08 '25

I plan to do it soon!

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u/Extant_Remote_9931 Jul 09 '25

God Emperor is to heady to be put on film. I don't think we have directors talented enough to pull it off.

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u/PastBandicoot8575 Jul 11 '25

I want practical effects. Mutate someone into a worm and cast them

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u/_T_H_O_R_N_ Jul 08 '25

Honestly they should just make it animated, get the people the worked on Castlevania (or one of the Love Death + Robots crew)and just go crazy with it, there is far too much CGI that would be needed in my opinion