Timothée Chalamet Wraps Dune 3 With Denis Villeneuve, Says the Far-Out Saga Has Become Deeply Personal

Well, the spice keeps flowing. Timothee Chalamet just casually dropped that he wrapped filming on Dune: Part Three, and he did it in the most low-key way possible: chatting with Adam Sandler at a high school.

Chalamet says he finished Dune 3... four days ago

During a conversation with Sandler at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles — a loose back-and-forth about their careers and, yes, a little basketball — Chalamet mentioned that his work on the third Dune movie is done. The Hollywood Reporter caught the moment, and the room gave him a round of applause. He said he finished shooting just four days before that talk on November 16, 2025.

"It is moving to me that something as out there as Dune — and I am talking about themes even in the book — has taken this personal resonance on."

He did not spill much else (par for the course), but that alone is a strong sign the trilogy capper is charging toward the finish line.

So what is this third one actually adapting?

Dune: Part Three pulls from Frank Herbert's Dune: Messiah, which is where things get stranger, thornier, and more morally complicated. Paul Atreides is not done reshaping the galaxy — and the galaxy is not done pushing back.

Where Part Two left us

Quick refresher: by the end of Part Two, Paul took the Emperor's throne. The Great Houses were not thrilled, immediately rebelling and dragging the empire into open war with the Fremen. Meanwhile, Chani (Zendaya) went her own way after Paul made a hard political move: asking for Princess Irulan's hand as part of his terms with the Emperor. Romantic? Not exactly. Strategic? Absolutely.

What to expect from Part Three

If Villeneuve is indeed digging into Messiah, expect Paul at the center of a sprawling conflict that pits the Fremen against basically everyone else over control of spice, with all the fallout that comes when your messiah-figure actually wins. Villeneuve has never been shy about embracing Herbert's odder, darker edges, so do not be surprised if this one leans into that even more.

• Chalamet revealed he wrapped Dune: Part Three four days before a November 16, 2025 talk with Adam Sandler at Fairfax High in LA
• The moment was captured by The Hollywood Reporter and got applause in the room
• The film adapts Dune: Messiah, continuing Paul's reign and the war that erupts around it
• Part Two set the stage: Paul took the throne, the Great Houses rebelled, and Chani walked after Paul's political betrothal to Princess Irulan
• Expect a weirder, darker tone as Villeneuve closes out his trilogy
• Release date: December 18, 2026