A reboot of Dune, Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi novel series about galactic monarchies and spice mining, has been something Hollywood’s working towards for a while now. Paramount tried to get a movie off the ground in the late-2000s with Peter Berg but balked at the risky budget. Not much happened for years after until late 2016, when Legendary brought up the movie and TV rights for the franchise.
Even before that deal, Arrival filmmaker Denis Villeneuve had stated he wanted to direct an adaptation of the Dune novel, with his only reservation being that he didn’t expect to ever be in a position to actually do it. The Legendary move changed things and not long after ...
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