Gareth Edwards Could Helm A Fourth “Dune”?

Following reports that Denis Villeneuve’s third and final “Dune” film, “Dune Messiah,” could be shooting as early as this June, a new rumor has emerged that suggests Warner Bros. Pictures is already thinking ahead with the franchise.

Scooper Daniel Richtman is reporting that “The Creator,” “Godzilla” (2014) and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” director Gareth Edwards has been approached by Warners to potentially helm a fourth film in the series – most likely an adaptation of Herbert’s third book in the series “Children of Dune”.

If true, Edwards is an interesting fit for the franchise. He’s shown a knack for telling imaginative, expansive sci-fi stories on very reasonable budgets and can work within a studio system while still delivering an auteur’s style.

Edwards is currently in post-production on “Jurassic World Rebirth” which opens this Summer, and he doesn’t have his next project lined up yet.

Villeneuve has made it clear he’s done with the franchise after ‘Messiah,’ which essentially concludes the Paul Atreides storyline and Villeneuve saying the books get too weird after that point.

“Children of Dune” takes place ten years after “Messiah,” and several main characters from the Villeneuve films are either absent or have limited screen time.

Several returning supporting characters, however, are key to the story, as are a number of new roles – including a key female villain role in the form of exiled Princess Wensicia of House Corrino. The book was previously adapted into a Syfy mini-series in the early 2000s with Susan Sarandon as Wensicia and a young James McAvoy in the male lead role.

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