The former Twilight actor joins Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh and his The Drama co-star Zendaya in the new film.

The first trailer for the much-awaited new Dune movie has been released – offering fans of the franchise a first look at Robert Pattinson’s character.

In addition to returning stars like Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Florence Pugh, Dune: Part Three introduces the former Twilight star as the scheming Scytale, one of Timothée’s character’s main adversaries in the forthcoming movie.

And it’s fair to say that Robert has undergone quite the transformation to play his latest role, sporting almost-white blond hair, no eyebrows and, believe it or not, an even more pale complexion than we’re used to seeing him with.

Robert Pattinson as Scytale in Dune: Part Three

Denis Villeneuve’s third Dune film will also welcome back cast members Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Rampling, Anya Taylor-Joy, Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa.

Jason is set to share the screen with his son Nakoa-Wolf Momoa in the new film, previously insisting that the teenager landed the role “all on his own”.

Watch the two-minute trailer for Dune: Part Three for yourself below:

Dune: Part Three is one of three collaborations between Zendaya and Robert Pattinson hitting cinemas in 2026.

The first, The Drama, will see the pair playing a seemingly happily engaged couple whose world is turned upside down when Zendaya’s character makes a shocking revelation about her past to her husband-to-be in the lead-up to their wedding.

Following this, they’re also both due to appear in the star-studded ensemble of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, his follow-up to the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, which will also feature everyone from Oscar winners Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron and Lupita Nyong’o to Elliot Page, John Leguizamo, Mia Goth and Zendaya’s rumoured husband Tom Holland.

Rob recently recalled to his frequent co-star: “I was talking to you on the set of The Drama. I was like, ‘Can I get in one of those Dune movies?’.”

He added: “It was a very unexpected call a few months later. And I kind of did think you had something to do with it.”