Actor Jason Momoa has confirmed a large spoiler for Dune 3, which is acceptable to commencement filming aboriginal successful 2025.
Warning! Spoilers for Dune 3 / Dune: Messiah follow.
Speaking to TODAY’s Craig Melvin to beforehand A Minecraft Movie, Momoa confirmed helium is acceptable to look successful the 3rd installment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movie series.
In 2021’s Dune, Momoa played Duncan Idaho, swordmaster and mentor to Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides. His quality dies pursuing the Harkonnen penetration of Arrakis, and does not look successful Dune: Part Two.
However, successful the Dune novels by Frank Herbert, specifically 1969's Dune Messiah, Duncan Idaho returns successful clone signifier (a ghola) arsenic a acquisition to Paul, present the Emperor. Dune Messiah is the ground of Villeneuve’s Dune 3, truthful it makes consciousness that Momoa would instrumentality to play the character.
“Well, I’m not definite if I’m going to get successful occupation oregon not, but it’s the aforesaid happening similar Game of Thrones, you cognize what I mean?” Momoa said successful the interview. “If you didn’t work the books it’s not my fault, right?"
“I’m going to beryllium coming back,” helium added. “I’m making a comeback. You heard it first, close present with you, baby.”
Momoa past turned to, presumably, his publicist, earlier realization acceptable in. “He’s got maine successful trouble!” helium said. “It was successful the books, man! If you didn’t work it, it’s not my fault!”
As Melvin pointed out, it’s improbable Momoa volition beryllium booted retired of Dune 3, contempt the spoiler. “I don’t deliberation so,” Momoa said astatine the extremity of the chat.
Dune 3 is acceptable to instrumentality spot 12 years aft the events of Dune 2, with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Anya Taylor-Joy each returning. It’s acceptable to motorboat astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026. For more, cheque retired IGN's feature, Dune: Part 3 - What to Expect From the Next Sequel Movie.
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