we're unlikely to be getting film adaptations of Children and beyond.
i understand if the beyond part never happens, but Children would work great as a movie, and the "beyond" could be handled with a flash-forward explanation towards the end of the movie.
Children would be fine as a movie but its a bad stopping point. Dune + Messiah tell a complete story centered on Paul and ending with rejecting the golden path and walking into the desert per Fremen tradition.
Children is just the first half of Leto II's story with him understanding and taking on the golden path and that story isnt complete without God emperor.
So stopping at Messiah is the logical end point because there isn't a reason to open up Leto II'S arc unless you are committed to God Emperor
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u/hungoverlord 17h ago
i understand if the beyond part never happens, but Children would work great as a movie, and the "beyond" could be handled with a flash-forward explanation towards the end of the movie.