Warner Bros Pictures revealed the first teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three earlier this week. Based on the novel Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, the final part of the trilogy will see the return of Timothée Chalamet in the leading role of Paul Atreides. Dune: Part Three will be released on December 18, 2026, in theaters around the globe.
The trailer (watch above) opens on a quiet, intimate domestic moment set years after Dune: Part Two. Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and a pregnant Chani (Zendaya) lie together. Chani asks softly, “If we have a girl, what will we name her?” They discuss names, with “Ghanima” (“spoil of war”) suggested for a daughter. For a boy, Chani proposes Leto after Paul’s father: “He would have the wisdom of his grandfather.” The scene is tender and hopeful, contrasting what is to come. Time jumps forward - Paul now rules as the Padishah Emperor Muad’Dib, isolated and burdened. We see him shaved-headed and alone, washing his face in a basin. Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) appears and delivers a pointed reminder: “Your father never started a war.”The tone explodes into epic scale as Paul’s galactic jihad rages across the universe. Montages show Fremen armies, fierce and fanatical, conquering planets that refuse to submit. Explosive interstellar battles erupt with forbidden weapons, massive destruction, night raids on Arrakeen, and relentless warfare that has claimed billions of lives. Fremen warriors charge fearlessly through fire and chaos. The trailer shows unrest and rebellions on Arrakis, religious processions, and brief flashbacks to Caladan and Atreides' heritage.
Also in Dune: Part 3, Alia Atreides (Anya Taylor-Joy) is prominently featured as a religious authority. She conducts solemn ceremonies, blesses Fedaykin fighters, stands on temple balconies addressing crowds of Muad’Dib worshippers, and helps fuel the cult-like religion that cements Paul’s empire. A ceremonial passing of the Atreides ducal ring symbolizes legacy and continuity. Woven throughout are darker threads of palace intrigue and conspiracy. On a colossal Spacing Guild heighliner, shadowy figures plot Paul’s downfall: Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale (Robert Pattinson), and a grotesque, spice-mutated Guild Navigator floating in a tank. They discuss manipulating prescience and futures, then present Paul with a calculated “gift.” That gift is the ghola of Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa), resurrected from cells as the memory-less but lethally skilled “Hayt,” a Tleilaxu-engineered Mentat and swordmaster—intended as both ally and potential weapon against Paul. Paul seems to be grappling with visions that trap him in destiny, while Chani is battle-scarred and riding a colossal sandworm or fighting in the desert, and Stilgar (Javier Bardem) appears as a longtime believer now confronting altered realities of power.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve and Brian K. Vaughan, the cast of Dune: Part Three includes Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia Atreides, Jason Momoa as Hayt, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan Corrino, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Robert Pattinson as Scytale, Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Isaach de Bankolé as Farok, Ida Brooke as Ghanima Atreides, and Nakoa-Wolf Momoa as Leto II Atreides.