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Dune: Part Three Final Trailer Reveals Chani's Role in Assassination Plot

The final trailer for Dune: Part Three, opening in Japan and the US on December 18, shows Paul as emperor interrogating Irulan and reveals an assassination plot against him that involves Chani.

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Why it matters

After two films built around Paul's rise, the final trailer puts the conspiracy on his own marriage and his destined partner, which is the material Villeneuve says made a third film necessary.

Dune: Part Three Final Trailer Reveals Chani's Role in Assassination Plot

Key Facts

  • Dune: Part Three opens simultaneously in Japan and the US on December 18.
  • The final trailer reveals an assassination plot against Paul, with Chani involved in it.
  • Robert Pattinson plays a mysterious man who tells Paul, "I will end this madness."
  • Jason Momoa returns as Duncan, who was supposed to have died in the first film.
  • Denis Villeneuve directs the film, adapted from Frank Herbert's novel.

Robert Pattinson plays a mysterious man pressing Paul, Jason Momoa returns as Duncan, and Anya Taylor-Joy appears as Paul's sister Alia. Denis Villeneuve directs the closing chapter of the trilogy.

The trailer opens on Paul, now emperor, interrogating his political-marriage partner Irulan, played by Florence Pugh. The plot it uncovers is aimed at Paul himself, and Chani, played by Zendaya, is involved in it.

Paul has conquered more than a thousand planets across 19 years, and the trailer shows him asking whether he is the one who will bring the destruction Chani feared. A mysterious man played by Robert Pattinson tells him, "I will end this madness," and Jason Momoa's Duncan, who was supposed to have died in the first film, reappears.

Denis Villeneuve adapted Frank Herbert's novel. He says completing Dune as a trilogy was his dream and that filming Part Three was necessary to depict the ending of Paul's story.

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