Denis Villeneuveis ready toleave theDuneuniverse andsays the franchises third installment will be the last with him at the helm.
The filmmaker also clarified thatDune 3is not like a trilogy.
Its important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych.
Director Denis Villeneuve talks ‘Dune’Jeremy Chan / Getty Images / Warner Bros. Pictures
It was really a pair of movies that will be the adaptation of the first book.
Thats done and thats finished, Villeneuve said in an interview withVanity Fair.
If I do a third one, which is in the writing process, its not like a trilogy.
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Thats my problem.
I know how to do that, the director said.
They are more difficult to adapt.
They become more and more esoteric.
Its a bit more tricky to adapt, but Im not closing the door.
I will not do it myself, but it could happen with someone else.
