Jason Momoa has teased he will probably be in ‘Dune: Messiah’.
The 45-year-old actor portrayed the ill-fated Duncan Idaho within the first ‘Dune’ film, although has now confirmed he will probably be returning for director Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming third sci-fi blockbuster.
When Leisure Weekly requested the ‘A Minecraft Film’ star if he can be concerned in ‘Dune: Messiah’, he stated: “Effectively, I’m undecided if I’m going to get in hassle or not. However it’s the identical factor like ‘Sport of Thrones’, you understand what I imply? In case you didn’t learn the books, it’s not my fault, proper?
“I am making a comeback. You bought me in hassle!”
In creator Frank Herbert’s 1969 e book ‘Dune: Messiah’ – which the 2026 movie will probably be primarily based on – Duncan is resurrected as a ghola, a genetically engineered clone, and performs a crucial function in a conspiracy towards Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet).
The film will observe the younger Atreides 12 years into his reign because the Emperor of the Recognized Universe because the non secular cult he created round himself spirals out of his management – resulting in the dying of billions as conflict engulfs the universe.
In addition to Momoa and Chalamet, ‘Dune: Messiah’ will see the return of Zendaya’s Chani, Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan, Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck, Rebecca Ferguson’s Woman Jessica and Javier Bardem’s Stilgar.
Just lately, composer Hans Zimmer revealed he had not but began to write down the music for ‘Dune: Messiah’.
He instructed Collider: “‘Dune: Half Two’ was written earlier than Denis began taking pictures as a result of we weren’t greenlit for the longest time.
“Have I began writing [‘Messiah’]? No. Not fairly but.
“Oh, god, it is a very difficult one, however I really like working with Denis, so I am really going to simply deal with that, nothing else, and simply actually spend the time doing it.”
In the meantime, ‘Dune: Messiah’ will reportedly enter principal images in June 2025 – a 12 months sooner than anticipated because the film marches in direction of its December 2026 launch.
Villeneuve stated he felt “impressed” to make one other ‘Dune’ movie after he took a break from the franchise following ‘Dune: Half Two’, which launched in March 2024.
Talking to TheWrap, the director stated: “After I noticed ‘Half Two’ completed, lastly, I realised that that was it. I’d executed it. I’d executed an adaptation of ‘Dune’. And that’s one thing that’s an unimaginable privilege. I’m very grateful to have the possibility to have executed it.
“I feel my greatest shock about that is that I don’t wish to run away from Arrakis. I’m nonetheless impressed to return. That’s the factor that I used to be probably the most shocked by.”
The ‘Sicario’ filmmaker had initially deliberate to deal with different tasks earlier than revisiting the ‘Dune’ collection for ‘Messiah’, although discovered the pull of finishing the trilogy an excessive amount of to withstand.
He continued: “I felt that after ‘Half Two’, I would want a break. I believed that I might wish to go write a couple of movies or do a few issues earlier than going again to ‘Dune: Messiah’.
“However the pictures that saved coming again to my thoughts, the urge for food is completely intact. That’s the largest shock. I nonetheless wish to return to Arrakis.”