Warner Bros. Announces 2026 Release Dates for 'Dune 3' and Other Movies

TapTechNews June 29 news, Warner Bros. updated the schedule on Friday, among which an unnamed Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures/Denis Villeneuve IMAX big-budget commercial movie will be released on December 18, 2026. Major media such as Deadline call it Dune 3. It is said that Villeneuve is still writing the script while also looking for many actors to arrange, and it is currently just in a placeholder state.

Warner also announced that an unnamed movie in the Legendary Pictures Monster Universe series will be released on March 26, 2027. In addition, December 18, 2026, is also the release date of the currently unnamed Disney's Star Wars movie; Batman Part II will also be released on October 2, 2026.

In fact, there has been a rumor long ago that Denis Villeneuve reached an agreement with Legendary Pictures, and Director Wei will give priority to directing this film among many preparatory projects.

However, Villeneuve himself has always been very secretive about his next work plan. He previously said in an interview with Hollywoodreporter that he has four projects in preparation currently. Villeneuve added that he might want to shoot a project he thinks is more urgent before shooting Dune 3: The Savior.

THR stated: In addition to the currently known Dune 3 in the cooperation projects between Warner and Villeneuve, there is also the adaptation of the masterpiece Nuclear War: A Scenario by Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Jacobson, but recently Villeneuve's attention has shifted from this film and returned to Dune 3.

Besides, he also has the science fiction film Rendezvous with Rama (2026) adapted from Arthur C. Clarke's original work, Cleopatra (2030), and an unnamed 007 work. Director Wei is quite busy.

The global box office revenue of Dune 2 is about 711.8 million US dollars (TapTechNews note: currently about 5.181 billion yuan), and it has been the highest-grossing movie in 2024 until the release of Inside Out 2 earlier this month.