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Chalamet Snubs Dune 3 Trailer After Oscars Drama

Timothee Chalamet was glaringly absent from a star-studded trailer launch for his new movie Dune: Part Three in Los Angeles on Tuesday - two days after being mo...

Chalamet Snubs Dune 3 Trailer After Oscars Drama
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Bintano News

March 17, 2026

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was glaringly absent from a star-studded trailer launch for his new movie Dune: Part Three in on Tuesday - two days after being mocked and snubbed at the Academy Awards.

The 30-year-old was an early best actor favorite for Marty Supreme, the Josh Safdie picture . 

However, his pomposity in interviews eventually led to a souring of public opinion about him, with sources gathering steam ahead of the . 

Chalamet, whose mother and sister both trained in ballet, then poured fuel on the backlash by remarking that 'no one cares about' opera and ballet.

Oscar night became a brutal humiliation for Chalamet, who was repeatedly .

Two days later, a slew of his co-stars in Dune: Part Three - including and  - gathered for the trailer launch at the AMC Century City, but Chalamet himself did not appear in person and instead recorded a video message.

The Daily Mail has contacted Chalamet's representatives for comment. 

Timothee Chalamet was glaringly absent from a star-studded trailer launch for his new movie Dune: Part Three in Los Angeles on Tuesday; pictured at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, director Denis Villeneuve, Anya Taylor-Joy and Javier BArdem were all in attendance at Tuesday's trailer launch

Pattinson, Zendaya and their castmates Anya Taylor-Joy and Javier Bardem were all on hand at Tuesday's event to unveil the sneak peek at the picture.  

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Based on the 1960s sci-fi novels by Frank Herbert, the Dune trilogy has featured a dazzling array of stars including Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson and Austin Butler.

Zendaya posed for pictures in a director's chair at the AMC Century City, where the event was held in Chalamet's absence, although he left a video message for the audience

Pattinson, Taylor-Joy, Bardem, Zendaya and Villeneuve were all interviewed onstage by Reece Feldman (right) in front of the screen on which Chalamet's message was projected

In the trailer, Chalamet's character Paul Atreides is seen preparing for the arrival of twins with his love interest Chani, played by Zendaya

Paul, who began the trilogy as a prince and is now an emperor, debuts a baldheaded look in the trailer while rallying a throng of his subjects

The teaser also offers an early glimpse at Pattinson, who is joining the franchise for part three in the role of the villainous Scytale

Based on the 1960s sci-fi novels by Frank Herbert, the Dune trilogy has featured a dazzling array of stars including Florence Pugh

The teaser also offers an early glimpse at Pattinson, who is joining the franchise for part three in the role of the villainous Scytale.

Herbert's original 1965 Dune novel was the basis of the first two films in Villeneuve's trilogy, while the third part is . 

With a cast that also includes Jason Momoa, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Brolin and Isaach de Bankolé, Dune: Part Three will be out December 18.

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After Chalamet's crushing defeat at Sunday night's Oscars, he was seen clinging to his girlfriend Kylie Jenner at the boozy Vanity Fair afterparty.

He has been dating Jenner for when he won at the Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards.

The Lady Bird actor was unable to entirely conceal his disappointment Sunday night as he watched Michael B. Jordan take the stage to collect the best actor trophy.

After Chalamet's crushing defeat at Sunday night's Oscars, he was seen clinging to his girlfriend Kylie Jenner at the boozy Vanity Fair afterparty

Nevertheless he managed to clap while Jordan hugged his mother Donna and made his way up to the microphone to deliver a tearful speech.

'Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me over my career. I feel it,' the Black Panther heartthrob said. 

'I know you guys want me to do well, and I want to do that because you guys bet on me, so thank you for keeping betting on me, and I'm going to keep stepping up and I'm going to keep being the best version of myself I can be.'

After Chalamet lost the Oscar last year for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, he was forthright about his disgruntlement in Vogue.

'If there’s five people at an awards show, and four people go home losing, you don’t think those four people are at the restaurant like: "Damn, we didn’t win?"' he said.

'I’ve been around some deeply generous, no-ego actors, and maybe some of them are going: "That was fun." But I know for a fact a lot of them are going: "F***!"'

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