‘Dune: Part Three’ Officially Wraps Filming

Production has officially wrapped on Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Three’, which began filming in July 2025 and completed its four-month shoot.

While early speculation pointed to the film being a direct adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1969 novel ‘Dune Messiah’, Warner Bros. ultimately aligned the title with the numbering of the previous installments, confirming it as ‘Dune: Part Three’. The decision has sparked industry chatter that the film may draw not only from the second book but also incorporate elements of ‘Children of Dune’.

That theory gained traction as ‘Nakoa-Wolf Momoa’ and ‘Ida Brook’ were recently cast as Leto II and Ghanima—the children of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya). Though plot details remain tightly under wraps, the casting all but confirms the franchise’s narrative expansion. The studio, however, has declined to comment on the scope of the adaptation.

The shoot took place primarily in Budapest, Hungary, with additional photography completed in Middle Eastern desert regions. Notably, the production opted for 65mm film and IMAX cameras rather than a fully digital pipeline, signaling a new visual texture for the franchise. Kodak recently confirmed the film-based approach, influenced heavily by cinematographer Linus Sandgren, known for his preference for analog formats.

‘Dune: Part Three’ opens on Dec. 18, 2026. In a high-profile date collision, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is set to debut the same day, prompting talk of a potential “Barbenheimer”-style showdown—dubbed, fittingly, “Dunesday”.