Denis Villeneuve has bigger plans for Dune.

The 55-year-old Canadian filmmaker, who adapted Frank Herbert‘s classic book as a two-part film, spoke out about his plans for the project in a new interview.

Fans of the novel know that the author continued the story of Arrakis in a series of subsequent books, before his son Brian took over to continue it even further.

As rumors have swirled that the director may be interested in expanding beyond Parts I and II of Dune, he spoke to Empire.

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“If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” he said.

Part Three would consist of Dune Messiah, the direct follow-up to Dune.

“Dune Messiah was written in reaction to the fact that people perceived Paul Atreides as a hero,” he continued.

“Which is not what he wanted to do. My adaptation [of Dune] is closer to his idea that it’s actually a warning.”

Dune: Part Three would mark the end of the director’s time with the franchise, he went on to clarify.

“After that the books become more… esoteric,” he says.

“I will say, there are words on paper,” he teased of the possibility of a third film.

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