Dune 3 will be a family affair, and not just because of its continued exploration of the Atreides clan. In June, it was reported that Jason Momoa’s son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, will join his father in the 2026 movie adapting Frank Herbert’s 1969 novel Dune Messiah. As it turns out though, Momoa didn’t want Nakoa-Wolf to follow in his acting footsteps, but there’s a simple reason why he ended up in the threequel anyway.
Momoa, who’s reprising House Atreides swordsmaster Duncan Idaho, briefly discussed the officially-titled Dune: Part Three with Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of his new Apple TV+ subscription-exclusive series Chief of War, which begins streaming on the 2025 TV schedule August 1. When the interviewer brought up his son’s involvement in the next Dune movie, the former Aquaman actor said:
