Overview
- Spielberg, in an Empire interview published Sunday, said Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies rank among his favorite science-fiction films ever and called Part Two the director’s best work.
- He said he cannot wait for Dune: Part Three and suggested Villeneuve may screen it for him early as a show of professional courtesy.
- Explaining why the films resonate, Spielberg praised their fidelity to Frank Herbert’s novels and likened that approach to Guillermo del Toro honoring Mary Shelley with Frankenstein.
- He added that Zach Cregger’s 2025 horror film Weapons satisfied, and even arrested, his long-held urge to direct a horror movie of his own.
- The remarks arrive during promotion for Spielberg’s original sci‑fi feature Disclosure Day, set for June 12, 2026, after earlier DGA comments in 2024 where he lauded Dune: Part Two, with Part Three scheduled for December 18, 2026.