Denis Villeneuve doubles down on Dune 3 being his last Dune movie, but is excited to return: “After that, it would become unhealthy”

Denis Villeneuve is returning to Arrakis to adapt Dune: Messiah – but he’s confirmed again that it will be his last Dune movie.

“When I saw Part Two finished, finally, I realized that that was it,” the director told TheWrap. “I’d done it. I’d done an adaptation of Dune. And that is something that is an incredible privilege. I’m very grateful to have the chance to have done it. I think my biggest surprise about this is that I don’t want to run away from Arrakis. I’m still inspired to go back. That’s the thing that I was the most surprised by. I felt that after Part Two, I would need a break. I thought that I would want to go write a few films or do a couple of things before going back to Dune: Messiah. But the images that kept coming back to my mind, the appetite is absolutely intact. That’s the biggest surprise. I still want to go back to Arrakis.”