Anonymous
6/17/2025, 11:50:13 AM No.211583780
>According to Nexus Point News, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa (Jason Momoa’s son) and Ida Brooke have officially been cast as Leto II and Ghanima, the children of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya).
>Momoa and Brooke’s inclusion confirms recent rumors of a time jump in the upcoming sequel—one that would age up the twins well beyond their original appearance as newborns at the end of “Dune Messiah,” and leak into its sequel “Children of Dune.”
>While plot details remain tightly guarded, it’s now clear Villeneuve is leaning further into “Children of Dune” territory. Of course, he might only be adapting a couple of pages from the novel, or if wildly ambitious, will be reshaping the trilogy’s trajectory to explore the rise of Leto II and Ghanima. I’m betting it’s the former.
>One of the more intriguing elements? Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, son of Jason Momoa, will be making his big-screen debut here, and not just anywhere, but acting alongside his father, who returns as the resurrected Duncan Idaho (now a ghola created by Robert Pattinson’s Scytale
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/16/denis-villeneuves-dune-messiah-moves-into-children-of-dune-territory-with-casting-of-atreides-twins
>Momoa and Brooke’s inclusion confirms recent rumors of a time jump in the upcoming sequel—one that would age up the twins well beyond their original appearance as newborns at the end of “Dune Messiah,” and leak into its sequel “Children of Dune.”
>While plot details remain tightly guarded, it’s now clear Villeneuve is leaning further into “Children of Dune” territory. Of course, he might only be adapting a couple of pages from the novel, or if wildly ambitious, will be reshaping the trilogy’s trajectory to explore the rise of Leto II and Ghanima. I’m betting it’s the former.
>One of the more intriguing elements? Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, son of Jason Momoa, will be making his big-screen debut here, and not just anywhere, but acting alongside his father, who returns as the resurrected Duncan Idaho (now a ghola created by Robert Pattinson’s Scytale
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/16/denis-villeneuves-dune-messiah-moves-into-children-of-dune-territory-with-casting-of-atreides-twins
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