As for “Dune: Messiah,” the trilogy capper, we have an update on that project, and it seems to be picking up some major steam. At this point, its future making is turning into an inevitability. 

I’m hyped for this TBH.

IMO Dune is a 3 part story, where the first book is parts 1 and 2 and Messiah is part 3. Look at the book lengths and you’ll see what I mean, book 2 is obviously much shorter than the rest and a I kind of epilogue to the first book.

There are the other sequels, yes, with their own conversation about whether they’re worth reading. But in so many ways book 2 really finishes the story and idea of book 1 that I like to think of it as just part 3.

So that they’re doing a trilogy in the same way is awesome IMO!

  • maegul@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Well it’s an adaptation. Things get changed.

    It’s interesting to see how far they take it and whether enough people watch it to keep it going.

    While going up to Children might make sense to some, IMO the book series has a somewhat unique quality of having no really obvious ending point, even at the end of the (F Herbert) books.

    The real reason they’re unlikely to go past Children is that God Emperor would be a tough sell for obvious reasons for anyone who’s read it. That being said, if they were to do a fourth film, I could see them folding Children and God Emperor into one.

    Either way, I stand by my statement in the top post, Messiah naturally goes along with the first book.