Denis Villeneuve’s Post-Dune MessiahProject Could BeNuclear War

After the vital and financialsuccess of Dune : Part Two , director Denis Villeneuve can do whatever he wants . What the fans want is Dune Messiah , a third part of his Dune saga . But Villeneuvehas made it clear he needs a breakfrom sand for a while . It ’s vulgar , gets everywhere , etc . So , what ’s next ?

Unfortunately , we do n’t know yet . But , we may now know what he ’ll do after Dune Messiah . Deadlinereports that Legendary Entertainment has just optioned a unexampled book calledNuclear War : A Scenariofor Villeneuve as a projection for him to potentially take on after he complete the third Dune film . Which , we reckon , would be after whatever is next .

write by Annie Jacobsen , Nuclear War is a non - fiction book comprised of audience with military and civilian experts attempting to paint a picture of what an actual nuclear war , and its radioactive dust , would take care like . Villeneuve and Legendary see it as “ a scarey cautionary tale about where the earth might be head in an geezerhood of political volatility at a time when too many countries have atomic capability . ” fundamentally , a fictionalized version of the non - fiction book .

Denis Villeneuve picking his next project.

Denis Villeneuve picking his next project.Photo: Chung Sung-Jun (Getty Images)

That this come together after a film about the creation of that bomb , Oppenheimer , win Best Picture , is almost certainly not a coincidence either . You ca n’t buy that story of popularity and casualness when developing a project and so the time seems veracious to show audiences the fake radioactive dust of that dependable storey .

But , again , this is all just speculation with many more variables in between . We still do n’t know what Villeneuve is directing next . We still do n’t know ( for trusted ) if Dune Messiah is happening . We do n’t screw when which is materialize . And so , who make love what the world , or Villeneuve ’s workload , will look like at that time . Either elbow room , Nuclear War as a projection sounds both interesting and terrifying .

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