Who’s in Dune: Part Three, the final chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s trilogy?
Dune: Part Three has expanded its already starry lineup — and a few of the new additions might surprise you.
Drawing from Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, the next film jumps ahead nearly two decades. Paul Atreides is no longer the upstart messiah — he’s the Emperor, facing the cost of what his rise set in motion. Old allies reappear, fresh enemies circle, and a far-reaching plot takes shape with Chani at the center of its mystery.
Dune: Part Three adapts Dune Messiah and is set almost 20 years after Paul seizes the throne.
Who’s back — and who’s new
- Timothée Chalamet — Paul Atreides, now the Emperor
- Zendaya — Chani, Paul’s Fremen partner and key to the unfolding conspiracy
- Rebecca Ferguson — Lady Jessica, Paul’s Bene Gesserit mother
- Florence Pugh — Princess Irulan, Paul’s political wife
- Javier Bardem — Stilgar, leader among the Fremen
- Josh Brolin — Gurney Halleck; if the film tracks the book, his role this time is smaller
- Jason Momoa — Duncan Idaho, returning despite his death after being brought back as a ghola clone engineered by Scytale
- Anya Taylor-Joy — Alia Atreides, Paul’s sister
- Robert Pattinson — Scytale, the shape-shifting antagonist
- Isaach De Bankolé — Farok, a Fremen commando
Dune: Part Three closes out Denis Villeneuve ’s trilogy with a sharp turn from the “chosen one” rise toward the hard aftermath of power — how an empire runs, who gets crushed under it, and the loyalty tests that follow when the desert stops forgiving.
The story sets Paul against a wide conspiracy and forces him to reckon with what his crusade has meant for the Fremen and for Chani in particular — a pivot that reframes the saga’s biggest relationships as the final chapter comes into focus.