While Villeneuve has been somewhat cryptic about Dune 3, he recently offered a much anticipated peek behind the curtain. While chatting with Deadline about the franchise, he confirmed he was in the "writing zone", and spoke about mirroring the novel Messiah for its film adaptation. In the Arrival filmmaker's words:

Now, Villeneuve himself has revealed that, after a short hiatus, he is back in Frank Herbert’s world. Denis says he will “go back behind the camera faster than [he] think [s].” “I’m in the writing zone right now,

Part Two served as a worthy continuation of Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s Dune universe. Aside from garnering an overly positive critical response, the sequel also managed to rake in over $714 million at the worldwide box office,