Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya return for the third film in the series (don't call it a trilogy!), which adapts parts of Frank Herbert's "Dune Messiah." With the Oscars now in the rearview mirror , cinephiles can now turn all of our attention to the upcoming slate of 2026 films. Few new releases loom larger than “ Dune: Part Three .” The first two entries in Denis Villeneuve ‘s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic threaded an increasingly rare needle between critical acclaim and box office