Report: Robert Pattinson Might Head to Arrakis for Dune 3

The sandworms of Arrakis mightiness person recovered a caller plaything. Robert Pattinson, caller disconnected his crook successful Bong Joon Ho’s cloning movie Mickey 17, whitethorn beryllium joining the formed of the last introduction successful Denis Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy.

Deadline reports that Pattinson is simply a precocious precedence for Legendary to articulation the formed of the film, though nary ceremonial connection for immoderate role, undisclosed oregon otherwise, has been made yet. Villeneuve’s publication for the film, an adaptation of the events of Dune Messiah,  is inactive being finalized, but should Pattinson instrumentality connected a role, it’s acceptable to beryllium 1 of the fewer large additions to the Dune series’ already expansive casts.

Dune 3 was primitively meant to beryllium much further away successful Villeneuve’s plans aft the merchandise of Dune: Part Two past year, but the manager changed tack and decided to dive into making the sequel his adjacent large project past year. “I was truly moved by the mode Part Two was received by cinephiles astir the world, and I felt an appetite and a tendency to spot much and a work to decorativeness that story,” Villeneuve said successful an interrogation with Collider past February, explaining the reasoning down wherefore Messiah would present beryllium coming sooner alternatively than later.

While that’s bully for Dune fans, if Pattinson does committee the film, it whitethorn beryllium little bully quality for DC fans anxiously awaiting immoderate update on The Batman Part 2. Dune 3 is expected to statesman filming this summer, aft Pattinson has wrapped his existent filming connected Chris Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey.

Forward momentum on The Batman Part 2 has stalled since it was announced soon aft Pattinson’s debut arsenic Bruce Wayne successful 2022’s The Batman. It’s since been delayed aggregate times, with it presently holding an estimated October 1, 2027 release. That gives Pattinson plentifulness of clip for immoderate interstellar question earlier he’s owed backmost successful Gotham, but that’s astir apt nary tiny comfortableness to Batman fans hoping their movie stays connected track.

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