Simply if you thought one Momoa starring in a Dune film was an enormous deal, an entire second Momoa is coming into the dialog. We already knew Jason Momoa was anticipated to return for Denis Villeneuve’s third and final Dune movie, Dune Messiah, each time it involves be. However now, his son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa has joined the solid together with Silo’s Ida Brooke as the youngsters of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya).
Deadline broke the information of the casting, which is the primary public motion on the project in months. It’s a movie mainly everybody concerned with has form of acknowledged, however there has but to be any type of large, formal, official announcement. What we anticipate to listen to, quickly fairly than later, is that Denis Villeneuve will adapt Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, the second guide within the creator’s sci-fi collection, which brings the story of Paul Atreides to a detailed. Chalamet and Zendaya, in addition to Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, and others, are anticipated to return. And now, we all know they’ll be joined by the youthful Momoa and Brooke, because the twins Leto II and Ghanima. Listed below are their pictures.
Newcomer Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Silo’s Ida Brooke have boarded ‘Dune 3,’ sources have confirmed with Deadline, turning into the primary additions to the solid to emerge in months.
Within the new movie from Warner Bros. and Legendary, the pair are set to play Leto II and Ghanima, the dual… pic.twitter.com/JK6upZpM7q
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) June 17, 2025
Jason Momoa was within the first Dune movie as Duncan Idaho, a fearless Atreides warrior and shut pal of Paul’s. He’s killed, however in Messiah, returns as a Dune model of a clone known as a “ghola.” He performs a major position, as do the Atreides youngsters, who form of inherit the franchise from their father and his folks. Whether or not or not that can occur on the films stays to be seen.
Conserving the casting within the Dune household may be very cool although and speaks to the care Villeneuve places into these films. These characters ought to really feel like they’re a part of this universe, and what higher approach to try this than for considered one of them to already be that. However, once more, no official phrase on Dune Messiah‘s begin or launch dates. Rumors prompt a December 2026 launch, however that appears extremely unlikely at this level. After we discover out, we’ll let you realize.
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