Denis Villeneuve Gets September 8 Dune Prequel Launch
denis villeneuve has a new Dune item arriving three months before his next film: BOOM! Studios will launch Dune: House of Corrino Vol. 1 on September 8, 2025, ahead of Dune: Part Three on December 18, 2025. The timing keeps the franchise in circulation across comics and film right before the year-end theatrical release.
September 8 for House Corrino
Dune: House of Corrino Vol. 1 is written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, with art from Simone Ragonezzi, colors from Dan Jackson, letters by Ed Dukeshire, and cover art by Ramon Swanland. For readers following the franchise on the publishing side, that gives this volume a full creative team and a release date that lands well before the movie rollout.
House Corrino has no presence in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies, which makes the comic’s arrival a separate lane rather than a direct adaptation beat. Its placement three months before the film keeps the brand active in print while the theatrical side moves toward December.
December 18 for Part Three
Dune: Part Three is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2025. Villeneuve wrote and directed the film with help from Brian K. Vaughn on the script, and the returning cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Florence Pugh, and Jason Momoa.
Robert Pattinson has joined the cast as Scytale, while Jason Momoa is playing Hayt, a clone of Duncan Idaho. Those casting moves keep the movie side expanding at the same time the publishing side is adding a new installment of its own.
Dune across two lanes
The franchise has already expanded beyond the films into Dune: Prophecy and the video game Dune: Awakening, and Dune: Prophecy is set thousands of years before the birth of Paul Atreides. That wider spread helps explain why a comic launch tied to the Corrino name can still matter even though the House Corrino does not appear in Villeneuve’s movies.
For readers tracking the franchise, the practical takeaway is simple: the comic lands first on September 8, then the next film follows on December 18. That leaves a short runway for the new volume to feed attention into the movie release without competing with it.
