{"id":976858,"date":"2025-06-18T11:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=976858"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:55:30","slug":"dune-3-casting-raises-questions-for-future-of-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/dune-3-casting-raises-questions-for-future-of-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune 3 Casting Raises Huge Questions for the Future of the Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-spoiler-alert\"><svg class=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 23\"><path d=\"M15.713 6.511c-2.41 0-4.376 2.057-4.376 4.591 0 2.527 1.96 4.591 4.376 4.591 2.41 0 4.375-2.057 4.375-4.591 0-2.527-1.966-4.591-4.375-4.591z\"\/><path d=\"M15.713 18.358c-3.88 0-7.04-3.253-7.04-7.256s3.16-7.255 7.04-7.255c3.879 0 7.04 3.252 7.04 7.255s-3.161 7.256-7.04 7.256zm16.085-7.961C27.63 3.709 22.015.027 16 .027 9.985.026 4.369 3.708.202 10.396c-.267.43-.267.98 0 1.41C4.37 18.495 9.985 22.178 16 22.178c6.015 0 11.624-3.683 15.798-10.37.267-.432.267-.98 0-1.411z\"\/><\/svg><em>This article contains spoilers for the Dune franchise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By this point, even the average moviegoer knows that the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/dune\/\">Dune<\/a><\/em> franchise is weird. But devotees of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/frank-herbert\/\">Frank Herbert<\/a>&#8216;s sci-fi novels have been warning civilians for years that things are going to get so much weirder, starting with director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/denis-Villeneuve\/\">Denis Villeneuve<\/a>&#8216;s next movie, an adaptation of the second book, <em>Dune<\/em> <em>Messiah<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ad-dog__cnx-container\"><script id=\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\">\n\t\t\tcnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tcnx({\n\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: \"106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}).render(\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\");\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><em>Messiah<\/em> depicts a conspiracy against Paul Atreides (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/timothee-chalamet\/\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>), which involves clones and fish-men. Furthermore, <em>Messiah<\/em> introduces Paul and Chani&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/zendaya\/\">Zendaya<\/a>) twin children Leto II and Ghanima, one of whom becomes an immortal human-sandworm hybrid. Somehow, though, Villeneuve has managed to make things even stranger with its casting of the children. Indeed, news broke this week courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/dune-3-casts-nakoa-wolf-momoa-ida-brooke-1236436045\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> that Nakoa-Wolf Momoa will play Leto II and Ida Brooke will play Ghanima. If that first actor&#8217;s name stands out, that&#8217;s because it should. He is the son of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/jason-momoa\/\">Jason Momoa<\/a>&#8230; which raises some big questions for Villeneuve&#8217;s vision for the franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To explain why it&#8217;s an issue, we need to get into book spoilers here. So if you haven&#8217;t read <em>Dune Messiah<\/em>, <em>Children of Dune<\/em>, or <em>God Emperor of Dune<\/em>, proceed with caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though Mamoa&#8217;s Duncan Idaho died in the first movie, allowing Paul and Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) to escape from the Sardaukar, he&#8217;s far from gone. In fact, Duncan will be revived in <em>Dune Messiah<\/em> as a clone (or ghola) called Hayt. Trained as a mentat (human computer) and largely devoid of his past memories (at least at first), Hayt is sent to serve as an advisor to Paul as part of the conspiracy against him, making the two old friends&#8217; relationship one of the story&#8217;s major conflicts. That conflict intensifies when Paul&#8217;s sister Alia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/anya-taylor-joy\/\">Anya Taylor-Joy<\/a>) becomes attracted to Hayt, further muddying his allegiances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many also know about Leto II&#8217;s fate. 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He regularly commissions new gholas of Duncan, who initially befriend him and eventually turn against him, setting off a cycle that continues until Leto&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the importance of Duncan to Leto II, the fact that the two characters will be played by father and son seems significant. The casting could simply work to enforce the importance of Duncan to Leto, allowing the audience to sense a relationship without relying on dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the casting might also point to a more complex diversion from Herbert&#8217;s plot. In the novel <em>Dune Messiah<\/em>, Chani and Paul struggle to sire children because Princess Irulan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/florence-pugh\/\">Florence Pugh<\/a>)\u2014whom Paul married at the end of <em>Dune<\/em> as a political strategy, but not from any form of love or affection\u2014is poisoning Chani&#8217;s food at the behest of the conspiracy. 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