Overview
- Pattinson disclosed in an IndieWire interview that he filmed on Denis Villeneuve’s threequel, describing desert heat so intense he felt he had “not a single functioning brain cell.”
- Pressed on whether his part is a villain, he answered “Yes,” while Warner Bros. and Villeneuve have not revealed his character’s identity.
- Trade and industry reports continue to link him to Scytale, the Tleilaxu Face Dancer antagonist from Dune Messiah, but that casting remains unconfirmed.
- Production has included summer 2025 work in Budapest and extensive desert location shoots, with the film dated for December 18, 2026.
- The ensemble returns Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson and Anya Taylor‑Joy, and cast accounts from earlier entries detail similarly punishing heat on set.