Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has become one of the biggest names in Hollywood over the past decade, and this second Dune film is new ground for him–it’s his first-ever sequel that he’s directed. The question now, as Dune: Part Two hits theaters to near-universal acclaim from critics, including me, is how many more does he want to make?

It’s not a question with an easy answer today. These first two Dune films work as a companion because they both adapt the original Dune novel and essentially function as one very long film. The third movie would move on to the next book, Dune Messiah, and Villeneuve isn’t necessarily going to even direct that one, even though he’s already working on the screenplay.

“I really tried to make Part One and Part Two,…