Warner Bros. has added an untitled Denis Villeneuve movie and the subsequent MonsterVerse challenge to its calendar of upcoming films.
The Dune director’s subsequent occasion movie with Legendary Pictures is now slotted to reach December 18, 2026. No official particulars about what the challenge might be have been shared. However, Deadline experiences that Warner Bros. and Legendary are holding the slot with the expectation that it’s going to finally be crammed by Villeneuve’s Dune 3. The web site provides that the director remains to be penning its script and locking down a solid.
The unnamed MonsterVerse challenge will observe Villeneuve’s 2026 movie on March 26, 2027. The date was beforehand held by an untitled animated film, which has now been faraway from the calendar.
The final MonsterVerse movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, arrived in March of this yr and noticed its two title kaiju crew up towards underworld forces. It’s unclear how the Legendary franchise will proceed, nevertheless it appears the hunt for a director is underway. The Hollywood Reporter reported final month that Adam Wingard, who helmed the 2024 installment in addition to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, would not return for the subsequent movie. The web site additionally reported that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings screenwriter had signed on to write down the subsequent MonsterVerse follow-up.
We thought Godzilla x Kong was “okay” and gave it a 6/10 in our overview. It managed to stomp out of theaters with spectacular numbers, ending its run with a worldwide complete of $567,650,016 (by way of Box Office Mojo).
Villeneuve, in the meantime, delivered his spicey sequel, Dune: Part Two, in March of this yr. Our overview awarded it an 8/10 on the time, saying, “Featuring completely staggering visuals, Dune: Part Two is an arresting, transportive center entry in Denis Villeneuve’s tough sci-fi saga.” It had an spectacular run in theaters, too, ending its time on the field workplace with a worldwide complete of $711,844,358 (by way of Box Office Mojo). The director mentioned in January that he was already engaged on a script for his adaptation of Dune Messiah and expects it to be his final challenge set within the Dune universe.
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