Craving desert power with a side of devastation? Then you’re in luck, because Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Dune: Part Three.
The film concludes director Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed sci-fi trilogy, which took Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) from young duke to Emperor of the universe. His ascent was paved with bloodshed, and by the looks of the trailer, his reign is no less bloody. (Dune Messiah readers know that Paul and his followers’ jihad claims a whopping 61 billion lives.)
Dune: Part Three takes place 17 years after the end of Dune: Part Two, which saw Paul become Emperor, meet his future wife Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), and lose his lover Chani (Zendaya). In a huge deviation from Frank Herbert’s novels, Chani fled into the desert after witnessing Paul’s brutality, setting up a major rift between the two.
In addition to focusing on Paul and Chani’s evolving relationship, Dune: Part Three brings several key new characters into the fold.
Irulan will take on a much more prominent role, as will Paul’s sister Alia (Anya Taylor-Joy). Now an adult, Alia must reckon with the extraordinary powers she gained when her mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) drank the water of life while pregnant. Also joining the cast of characters is Face Dancer Scytale, who can shape-shift thanks to genetic alterations from the Bene Tleilax order, and who’s apparently got a plan to kill Paul and usher in a regime change.
Finally, Jason Momoa returns, but not as the late Duncan Idaho. Instead, he’s Hayt, an artificial human, or ghola, also created by the Bene Tleilax.
To witness these characters in action and witness what’s next for Paul and Chani, check out the full trailer above.
Dune: Part Three hits theaters Dec. 18.
