Now a ruthless Emperor of the known universe twelve years after seizing control of the Imperium, Paul Atreides possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced upon assuming the throne, and a conspiracy taking root within his own sphere of influence, all while the true threat comes closer to the people he loves most, including his partner Chani and their unborn heir, in the epic conclusion to Denis Villeneuve's trilogy, adapting Frank Herbert's novel Dune Messiah. An epic, visually staggering conclusion that trades the earlier films' rise-of-a-hero momentum for something darker and more morally troubled, Timothée Chalamet anchoring Paul's fall from grace with real conviction.