Get ready for more Atreides family drama! According to a new rumor, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures could develop a fourth Dune film beyond the already in-development film Dune Messiah. But if that’s the case, then this hypothetical movie adaptation of the third Frank Herbert Dune book — Children of Dune — would almost certainly need a new director.
Since 2021, Denis Villeneuve has repeatedly said he only wanted to do three Dune films, spanning the events of the first two novels. “I always saw a trilogy,” Villeneuve said before the release of Dune: Part One. So, if Dune 4 happens, does that mean Denis Villeneuve is out? And, if a Children of Dune movie does happen, who will star in it?
