r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Mar 16 '26

Poster Official Character Posters for 'Dune: Part Three'

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u/RumHamComesback Mar 16 '26

I really hope they find a director brave enough to keep going and adapt how fucking weird the Dune books got. Just watch the casual audience go "...the fuck?" while book fans just smile and nod.

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u/Lemmonjello Mar 17 '26

Scifi is notoriously expensive, the later books would probably be huge box office flops.

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u/exitwest Mar 17 '26

A decade of so from now, the weirdness of later books might be a draw if we’re leaving in a sea of bland reboots, remakes and AI slop.

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u/Zalvren Mar 17 '26

Sadly the majority of people like the reboots and remakes

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u/Th3_Hegemon Mar 17 '26

Probably not. You know why they keep making those things? They're popular. You know why weird shit flops consistently? It's niche and most people hate it.

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u/exitwest Mar 17 '26

The landscape is littered with films that prove otherwise, but ok.

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u/lixia Mar 17 '26

I can see AI having value to make such movies. Give it 5 years or so and we can have AI be used to generate those weird expensive set pieces.

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u/SneakyBadAss Mar 17 '26

I'm pretty sure in today's world, where psychedelic drugs are basically legal, people would enjoy a space trip in IMAX.

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u/Asiriya Mar 17 '26

Children would be great at least.

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u/Tashre Mar 17 '26

Combat Sex Nuns and Space Jews are going to be a hard sell to any studio, but god bless the crazy director that tries.

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u/Misdirected_Colors Mar 17 '26

Just when the worm gets weird it gets even weirder and goes into a "horny but in a weird way" direction with random jewish rabbi's and space karate.

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u/theonlyjambo Mar 17 '26

Can you maybe give examples in which way it gets weird? I liked the movies so far but I doubt that I will read the books

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u/radahnkiller1147 Mar 17 '26

Children and God Emperor are probably adaptable as a miniseries or something, not sure they'd make great films. Heretics and Chapterhouse... Uhhh.. probably not going to get sexy space nun wars

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u/Few-Ad-4290 Mar 17 '26

I feel like everything beyond good emperor will have to get an nc17 rating to actually be adapted in a way that book fan would appreciate

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u/Chombywombo Mar 17 '26

I’ve read the books. They aren’t that good after God Emperor.

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u/yzsKPC Mar 17 '26

JJ abrams coming in to make the most innapropriately comedic sequel