Denis Villeneuve
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Denis Villeneuve‘s subsequent characteristic is getting a vacation launch, although it’s unsure what that challenge will in the end be.
Warner Bros. introduced Friday that the filmmaker’s subsequent “occasion movie” will hit theaters Dec. 18, 2026, and that it hails from Legendary Leisure, house to his Dune motion pictures.
Plot particulars haven’t but been shared, however Villeneuve, who most not too long ago helmed Dune: Half Two, beforehand said {that a} third Dune film would seemingly not be his subsequent movie. He does have a nuclear struggle movie arrange at Legendary, however sources say that Villeneuve could have had a change of coronary heart and could possibly be turning his consideration again to Dune. Legendary couldn’t be reached for remark.
Warners additionally introduced that an untitled film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise is about to hit theaters March 26, 2027. In a twinned transfer, a movie challenge from Locksmith Animation that was beforehand scheduled for that date has been faraway from the studio’s calendar. The newest MonsterVerse film has Grant Sputore directing, stepping in for Adam Wingard.
Dune: Half Two hit theaters in March and has surpassed $700 million on the world field workplace. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Austin Butler, the film adapts the work of creator Frank Herbert and facilities on Paul Atreides (Chalamet) working with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen following the devastating occasions that befell his household.
Throughout an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on the time of the Dune sequel’s launch, Villeneuve was cagey about what he may be engaged on subsequent and famous that he had 4 tasks at the moment on the desk. He mentioned that any potential delay in getting began on adapting Hebert’s 1969 novel Dune Messiah for a 3rd movie can be “about ensuring that I’ve the best screenplay.”
Villeneuve added on the time that he would possibly wish to work on a challenge that he deemed extra time-sensitive “earlier than tackling Dune Messiah.”
The latest entry within the MonsterVerse sequence is Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, director Wingard’s characteristic that hit theaters in late March and picked up $567 million on the worldwide field workplace.
—Borys Package contributed to this story.