Watch: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya Return for Action Packed ‘Dune’ Finale, Teaser Trailer Out

Warner Bros. and Legendary on Tuesday released the first-look teaser of the third and final instalment of the Dune franchise, offering a glimpse of the planet Arrakis seventeen years after the events of ‘Dune: Part Two’.

The film is set to hit theatres on December 18.

Adapted from Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, the film brings back Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and Javier Bardem, while introducing Robert Pattinson and Anya Taylor-Joy to the cast.

Chalamet reprises his role as Paul Atreides, navigating the consequences of his choices in ‘Dune: Part Two’, set 17 years after he ascended as emperor of the known universe.

Zendaya, 29, returns as Chani, Paul’s lover and a warrior of the Fremen people on Arrakis, who is caught in a complex love triangle with Paul and Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan, daughter of the dethroned Emperor Shaddam IV, previously played by Christopher Walken.

Character posters for the film were unveiled a day earlier, featuring key figures from the franchise, including Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa and newcomer Isaach de Bankolé.

Why did director Denis Villeneuve Return to Helm the ‘Dune’ Finale?

Director Denis Villeneuve, 58, unveiled the trailer at a special event and spoke about returning to the series.

“I was supposed to do another movie in the meantime, but the image of Dune: Part Three, inspired by Dune Messiah, kept coming back, and I said, 'Oh, all right, let's do it!'," he said as reported by People.

The teaser opens with Zendaya’s Chani asking Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, “If we have a girl, what will we name her?”. She adds that if it is a boy, he should be named Leto, after Duke Leto Atreides, Paul’s father, because then “he would have the wisdom of his grandfather”.

The clip then shifts to battle sequences, introducing Pattinson’s character Scytale, seen with a platinum blond buzz cut.

Watch the teaser here:

Anya Taylor-Joy, who made a surprise cameo in ‘Dune: Part Two’, appears as Alia Atreides, Paul’s then-unborn sister, while Pattinson’s Scytale is shown plotting to end Paul’s rule over the universe.