Warner Bros. has added an untitled Denis Villeneuve film and the next MonsterVerse project to its calendar of upcoming movies. The Dune director’s next event film with Legendary Pictures is now slotted to arrive December 18, 2026.
No official details about what the project will be have been shared. However, Deadline reports that Warner Bros. and Legendary are holding the slot with the expectation that it will eventually be filled by Villeneuve’s Dune 3.
The site adds that the director is still penning its script and locking down a cast. Denis Villeneuve. Image credit John Nacion/Getty Images.
The unnamed MonsterVerse project will follow Villeneuve’s 2026 film on March 26, 2027. The date was previously held by an untitled animated movie, which has now been removed from the calendar. The last MonsterVerse film, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, arrived in March of this year and saw its two title kaiju team up against underworld forces.
It’s unclear how the Legendary franchise will continue, but it seems the hunt for a director is underway. The Hollywood Reporter reported last month that Adam Wingard, who helmed the 2024 installment as well as 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, would not return for the next film .
The site also reported that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings screenwriter had signed on to write the next MonsterVerse follow-up . We thought Godzilla x Kong was “okay” and gave it a 6/10 in our review . It managed to stomp out of theaters with impressive .
