Since 2021 Villeneuve has made it clear he’d like to adapt the second book, Dune Messiah, and thus, make a trilogy of Dune movies. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Where is Tim Blake Nelson in Dune? The answer may be more complicated than we think. Dune 2’s big mystery role could set up a key plot for Dune 3 Spoilers ahead for the first two Dune books.

Why is this important? Because it could set up a huge character comeback moment - and ramp up excitement for a possible Dune 3. However, because Nelson’s character hasn’t been revealed, it lends credence to the growing theory that he’s not playing Count Fenring as originally speculated (with Lady Margot’s larger role, it’s highly plausible that her character is a combination of both Fenrings) but a character named Scytale, a member of the Bene Tleilax. Initially, the good money for this role seemed to be on Count Fenring, husband to Lady Margot Fenring. But there were two key absences from the trailer: Christopher Walken’s Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, and Tim Blake Nelson.Īlthough we know Tim Blake Nelson will play some kind of role in Dune: Part Two, the exact nature of that role has yet to be revealed. The trailer introduced the saga’s most tantalizing new characters, including Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan, Léa Seydoux’s Lady Margot Fenring, and Austin Butler’s villainous Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. But what if the ending of this film teases a third Dune movie? The answer may lie in one of the major absences in the Dune: Part Two trailer. By the end of Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve will have told the entire story of what happens in Frank Herbert’s beloved 1965 novel.

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