The end of the year is fast approaching and with it, the pre-Christmas release of Dune: Part Three , the final installment in Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert’s novel(s). Warner Bros. gave us a broody and haunting extended teaser in March and a July trailer jam-packed with tantalizing hints of what to expect, along with plenty of Easter eggs to delight avid book fans. Now we’ve got one last action-packed trailer setting up the final act for iconic anti-hero Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet).
(Spoilers for first two films in the franchise below.)
Previously , 2021’s Dune culminated in the brutal defeat of House Atreides by rival House Harkonnen, with Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), fleeing to the desert and taking refuge among the Fremen. Among them is Chani (Zendaya), whom Paul has been seeing in visions all along.
In Dune: Part Two (2024), Paul ingratiated himself with the Fremen, learned to ride a sandworm, and won Chani’s love. A pregnant Lady Jessica had her own plans for Paul as a messiah figure to fulfill a Bene Gesserit prophecy. Ultimately, Paul challenges the emperor, defeats his champion, and demands the Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) as his wife. The other Great Houses reject Paul as ruler, so he launches a holy war against them. And Chani rides off on a sandworm after refusing to bow down to Paul.
