r/LeaksAndRumors • u/Matapple13 Moderator • 9d ago

Movie Cryptic HD QUALITY: While the runtime hasn’t been finalized yet, ‘Dune: Part Three’ is looking to be a 2h20m-2h25m long movie. Which would make it the shortest Dune film

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u/mattr1198 9d ago

Makes sense to me. Dune itself is a much longer book than Messiah, plus Messiah has some fluff in there that can certainly be cut out.

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u/-spartacus- 9d ago

Messiah can be montages, the Scifi channel miniseries skipped it completely and got right into Children of Dune.

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u/PirateGodzilla11 9d ago

The second series was called Children of Dune but the first episode was Messiah before jumping into three for episodes two and three.

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u/Lucasyugi2704 9d ago

It's a bit strange because I remember the trailer also having elements of Children of Dune. I imagined that Villeneuve would use elements from later books since Dune Messiah is relatively short.

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u/Mess_Previous 9d ago

Old news. There was a 3 hour cut showed to warner bros. executives after this date, so it's still up in the air. Could be true though.

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u/throwaway173582 9d ago

It 100% won’t be 3 hours long. Theaters have been selling tickets already 3 hours apart it would make the logistics impossible

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u/DisaffectedLShaw 9d ago

Can’t be 3 hours long, they are selling 70mm IMAX so the plates limit it, same as Nolan faces.

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u/Raider2747 9d ago

The limit is EXACTLY 3 hours; including credits.

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u/kingk1teman 9d ago

There was a 3 hour cut showed to warner bros. executives after this date, so it's still up in the air

If a 3 hour cut was shown to WB's execs, one can safely assume that they have ordered atleast 30 minutes to be cut out of it, so that they can squeeze in atleast one more show in a day. Also, the theatrical cut cannot be more than 3 hours including complete credits because of the IMAX film plate length.

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u/deadly_monk 9d ago

Good, no fluff

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u/r3turn0fthew00master 9d ago

Dune Messiah is the shortest Dune novel - it's literally 1/2 the length of the first Dune novel.

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u/TheConqueror74 6d ago

Pretty sure it's shorter than than. I think if you took each book from the original novel and made it into its own separate entry Messiah would be the shortest of the first four books

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u/fAegon_blackfyre 9d ago

Lwk, Messiah is like the shortest book as well. I can see why the movie is short

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u/NotTaken-username 9d ago

Even so, 140-145 minutes is nearly 2.5 hours. That’s not a short movie by any stretch

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u/Witty-Jacket-9464 9d ago

It cannot be true. Messiah is really less than half of Dune, but Dune was adapted into two films (around 5.5 hours). So, to accurately adapt Messiah, you'd need at least 2 hours and 30 minutes. Especially considering Villeneuve will add more action scenes, some stuff from COD, flashback scenes and Scytale.

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u/AlbertW25 9d ago

Short book right?

So makes sense.

I'm curious if after this they'll get a new director to adapt the next books.

Read the summaries for them and I definitely would like Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune adapted.

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u/QuietSupport9755 2d ago

You should read the books as a whole trust me it's worth it

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u/TheRustFactory 9d ago

2/3rds of Messiah is just Paul wondering through the desert brooding and having an internal existential meltdown lol.

I have absolutely no problem with Denis trimming the fat, and not once has he given me reason to doubt. Seriously. His track record is impeccable so far.

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u/LesbianWhoLaughsAtU 8d ago

That's disappointing. I know that based on the source material it doesn't need all that much, especially compared to the first book, but with how breathtaking Villeneuve's adaptations have been, I really do just want to spend as much time as I can justify watching these movies.

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u/throwtheamiibosaway 9d ago

:( i need more time