Denis Villeneuve has already said that he doesn’t really know what his next film will be after “Dune: Part Two.”
He had hinted wanting to take a break from Arrakis to focus on another project. What that project might be is anybody’s guess, but it could be the mysterious film that Eric Roth is writing for him about time and space, or maybe it’s “Cleopatra.”
In a new interview with Korean outlet 씨네21, Villeneuve is now saying that maybe, just maybe ‘Messiah’ might be next.
I'm working on 4 different screenplays - I know that “Dune: Messiah” will be one of them, I don't know if it will be the next or the second next […] My job was to try to keep the spirit of Frank Herbert alive as much as possible - the whole meaning of Dune becomes clear with “Dune Messiah"
Back in December, Villeneuve had said that he’d love to first take a “detour” away from the ‘Dune’ universe for his “own sanity,” but that he would eventually direct ‘Messiah.’
Turning “Dune” into a film has been a lifelong dream for Villeneuve, ever since his childhood in rural Montreal — he was as young as 8 years-old when started storyboarding his dream “Dune” movie.
Will Villeneuve take a break before embarking on ‘Messiah’? He still wants to make “Cleopatra,” and there have always been rumors about his helming a Bond movie. He was also supposed to shoot an HBO limited series with Jake Gylenhaal in the fall before the strikes thwarted those plans.
Villeneuve has built up quite the filmography in recent years — there’s a massive fanbase for his work. His name alone is turning into a box-office all of itself. Some of his past films include “Incendies,” “Sicario,” “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049.”