\n\tWhat\u2019s in a name?<\/p>\n
\n\tDenis Villeneuve<\/a>\u2018s upcoming return to Arrakis is officially titled \u201cDune: Part Three<\/a>.\u201d Reports had called the film \u201cDune Messiah<\/a>,\u201d a nod to the 1969 book from Frank Herbert that the film will adapt as its storyline, following Paul \u201cMuad\u2019Dib\u201d Atreides as he takes over as emperor. On Rentrak, the film is listed as \u201cDune: Part Three.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe film will also include sequences shot with Imax<\/a> cameras. However, \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d will not be entirely shot with Imax cameras, following in the footsteps of Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d which is the first and so far only film to be produced that way<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tIn an interview on CNBC, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond seemed to suggest that the next \u201cDune\u201d would be filmed entirely with the company\u2019s proprietary cameras, but it appears he misspoke. During the end of the interview, Gelfond was asked about Villeneuve being hired by Amazon MGM Studios to direct their reboot of the James Bond franchise. The exec\u2019s response also touched on the director\u2019s plans for \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d at Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, which will film before the 007 revival.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFrom a personal point of view, I was really happy. I like him. I think he\u2019s a genius filmmaker,\u201d Gelfond said about the Bond hiring. \u201cHe\u2019s so creative. He\u2019s making the next \u2018Dune\u2019 \u2014 with Imax cameras, he\u2019s filming the whole thing. So we haven\u2019t started talking yet, but I\u2019m praying that that\u2019s the case with Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA spokesperson for Legendary did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tGelfond also touted Imax\u2019s success through the year\u2019s summer blockbuster season, citing that \u201cF1\u201d earned 23% of its opening weekend grosses in Imax auditoriums. Meanwhile, \u201cMission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning\u201d did 20% in Imax its first two weeks. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThink of 20% of the box office, when we\u2019re less than 1% of the screens. The public is really demanding it,\u201d Gelfond said.<\/p>\n \n\tFilming on \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d is set to begin imminently, with Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Zendaya reprising their roles. Jason Momoa has also confirmed he will return for \u201cPart Three,\u201d after featuring in the first \u201cDune\u201d but not appearing in \u201cPart Two.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLast year, Villeneuve spoke about the film and said the next \u201cDune\u201d installment \u201cwill not be the completion of a trilogy\u201d in his eyes.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFirst, it\u2019s important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych,\u201d Villeneuve said of the first two \u201cDune\u201d movies. \u201cIt was really a pair of movies that will be the adaptation of the first book. That\u2019s done and that\u2019s finished. If I do a third one, which is in the writing process, it\u2019s not like a trilogy. It\u2019s strange to say that, but if I go back there, it\u2019s to do something that feels different and has its own identity.\u201d<\/p>\n