The second movie should wrap up the first book and sounds like he wants to make a third movie for Dune Messiah (2nd book).

You'd probably have a better discussion of this on Reddit....more the....Dune type....

The original Dune novel was three books in a sense. It’s long and layered.

Then, Frank Herbert wrote five sequels. His son wrote a lot more.

The first movie of this series maps quite well to the first half of the original novel. Jessica gets more coverage as does Duncan Idaho. The Mentats get much less. The scene with the Bene Gessert reverend mother testing Paul happens earlier in the book than in the movie.

However Villeneuve decides to do it, I hope they introduce the Guild Navigators at some point. They were the coolest and most unsettling character in the books... I remember being freaked out when I read Dune in HS. I cannot remember if the Navigators make an appearance in Dune the first novel; I know they're a big part of Dune Messiah.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. Movies 1 & 2 map to the first book, “Dune.”

Thank you. Hoping to finish the 1st book before Dune 2 comes. I didn’t realize there was to be a Dune 3.

Agree with PP. Movies 1 & 2 map to the first book, “Dune.”

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the movie is just about half of the first Dune book. They are saying Villenueve is doing three dune movies— so they may continue on from there with new directors/imaginings.

It doesn’t seem like it’ll be quite exact movie to book translation with Part 2 though— there have been hints at some rearrangement of scenes (kind of like what LOTR did).

^^Sorry— I meant the first movie is about half of the first Dune book, if that wasn’t clear.

Yes, the movie is just about half of the first Dune book. They are saying Villenueve is doing three dune movies— so they may continue on from there with new directors/imaginings.

It doesn’t seem like it’ll be quite exact movie to book translation with Part 2 though— there have been hints at some rearrangement of scenes (kind of like what LOTR did).

Newbie to the Dune universe here. I saw Dune 1 a couple weeks back and now have started to read the book. Loving it so far and pumped up for Dune 2. So, question is do Dune 1 & 2 movies together cover just Book 1? Anyone knows?