Denis Villeneuve has several projects rumored to be in the works. Now the Dune director adds another, as Deadline reported that he’s set to direct the film adaptation of Nuclear War: A Scenario.
According to Deadline, Legendary Entertainment recently picked up the rights to the Annie Jacobsen novel, which recently released on March 26, 2024.
The report mentions that the expectation is that Villeneuve would take on the project sometime after he finishes Dune: Messiah, the third entry in his Dune trilogy that Deadline notes is being developed now with Villeneuve and Legendary.
What is Nuclear War: A Scenario about?
Jacobsen’s novel dives into what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on exclusive interviews with both “military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they need to be made.”
With the addition of the project, Villeneuve adds another high-profile movie to his list of films to accomplish. Alongside the much-talked-about Dune: Messiah, Villeneuve is also rumored to be directing an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s 1973 sci-fi novel Rendezvous with Rama.
Villeneuve is also rumored to be directing a Cleopatra movie, although not a lot is known about that project as of now. In a recent interview with THR, the filmmaker said that he’s got about “four projects on the table,” one of which was a secret film but that “needs to see the light of day quickly.”
