{"id":787724,"date":"2026-07-08T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/787724\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:42:10","slug":"dune-part-3-trailer-timothee-chalamet-and-zendaya-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/787724\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dune Part 3’ Trailer: Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a week when much of Hollywood\u2019s attention is aimed at \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d Warner Bros. is reminding everyone that there\u2019s another star-studded epic from an A-list director hitting theaters this year. The studio has today released the first full trailer (following a previous teaser<\/a>) for Denis Villeneuve<\/a>\u2018s \u201cDune: Part 3\u201d ahead of its December release date. The trailer was unveiled at a star-studded event held in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The new film<\/a>, which will complete the saga that Villeneuve launched with 2021\u2019s \u201cDune\u201d and continued with \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d in 2024,\u201d sees Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Zendaya<\/a> reprising their respective roles as Paul Atreides and Chani. They\u2019ll be surrounded by one of the starriest ensemble casts in recent memory, as the likes of Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, and Charlotte Rampling also appear in the film.<\/p>\n

\"CARRIE,<\/a> \"Behind<\/a> <\/p>\n

The first two \u201cDune\u201d films served as a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert\u2019s original \u201cDune\u201d novel, and Villeneuve has described the third film as an epilogue to that story that pulls heavily from the second novel, \u201cDune Messiah.\u201d <\/p>\n

While the first book tells a Hollywood-friendly story about a hero fulfilling his destiny to save an oppressed people, \u201cMessiah\u201d takes a darker turn<\/a> by illustrating how any leader is capable of turning into a demagogue if they\u2019re idolized too much. The new trailer foreshadows some of those sinister plot points, hinting at the darkness lurking within Chalamet\u2019s Paul.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Dune Messiah\u2019 is a book that is by far probably my favorite book of the series. It\u2019s a very dark book, a beautiful book,\u201d Villeneuve said<\/a> at a March press event for the film. \u201cI will say this, it is one of my most personal films, if not my most personal film. So it\u2019s a film that is very close to me and very contemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The release of \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d will be the culmination of a lifelong journey with Herbert\u2019s books for Villeneuve, but the auteur will not be taking much downtime between films. He is expected to jump directly into pre-production for his new James Bond film at Amazon MGM, which is being written by Steven Knight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment release, \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d is set to open in theaters on Friday, December 18. Check out the new trailer below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a week when much of Hollywood\u2019s attention is aimed at \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d Warner Bros. is reminding everyone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,1439,109277,134,1689,344,40530,13293,121310],"class_list":["post-787724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-denis-villeneuve","tag-dune-part-three","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-movies","tag-timothee-chalamet","tag-trailers","tag-zendaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}