Ben Shapiro vs. 2026 Movie Trailers

Ben Shapiro and producer Phil react to trailers for several upcoming movies, rating their excitement levels and discussing strengths, weaknesses, and expectations. Shapiro, not typically a big movie buff these days, highlights a mix of superhero, animated, biopic, sci-fi, and sci-fi epic trailers, ranking them by anticipated interest without spoiling plots beyond what's shown.

Dune Part Three Leads the Pack

Shapiro places the trailer for Dune part three—adapting elements from Dune Messiah and possibly Children of Dune—at the top of his list. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, whom he praises for extraordinary world-building in the first two films, it features Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides protecting his family amid escalating threats. Returning cast includes Rebecca Ferguson, with new additions like Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson. Jason Momoa appears in a role echoing the books' cloned Duncan Idaho ghola. Shapiro notes knowing the books' ending but forgetting details like Paul and Chani's dynamic in Messiah; he rates it his number one anticipated film, above even Christopher Nolan's upcoming Odyssey (a six-out-of-five for him). The trailer's action sequences and family naming discussions underscore high personal stakes.