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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 22, 2016 1:11:47 GMT -6
icv2.com/articles/news/view/36124/legendary-entertainment-acquires-frank-herberts-duneLEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES FRANK HERBERT'S 'DUNE' Film and TV Rights Posted by Betsy Gomez on November 21, 2016 @ 4:40 pm CT Legendary Entertainment has acquired the film and television rights to Frank Herbert’s Dune from his estate, reports Variety. The acquisition opens the door to the development and production of new film and television projects set on Arrakis. Dune has previously been adapted into the cult favorite 1984 film directed by David Lynch and a three-part television miniseries that first aired on Syfy in 2000. A television miniseries sequel to the latter, Children of Dune, debuted on Syfy in 2003. Herbert’s intricate novel has proven difficult to adapt, with Lynch’s vision diverging significantly from the source material, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 attempt at an adaptation failing so spectacularly that it inspired a 2013 French documentary entitled Jodorowsky’s Dune. Syfy’s adaptations were more faithful, but they too fell short of capturing the complex universe Herbert created in his novel. Paramount was the last studio attached to Dune, ending their efforts to make a new film version of the novel in 2011
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 23, 2016 0:20:10 GMT -6
deadline.com/2016/12/legendary-eyes-denis-villeneuve-for-dune-directing-gig-1201874719/Denis Villeneuve In Early Talks To Helm Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Reboot Denis Villeneuve for months has been open about wanting to helm a cinematic relaunch of one of the most celebrated science fiction properties of all time, and now it looks like he’ll get the chance. Deadline has confirmed that the Sicario and Arrival director is in early talks with Legendary to direct a reboot of Dune. Legendary acquired film and TV rights to Dune in November and is planning to develop it as a franchise with multiple films. The series of sprawling epic novels written by Frank Herbert and first published in 1965 is set in the far future with humanity, having spread beyond Earth to countless other worlds, now ruled over by competing feudal families who control access to a drug called Melange. Known popularly as “spice,” the drug gives its users heightened consciousness and an extended lifespan at the cost of crippling addiction and fatal withdrawal. Spice, use of which makes interstellar travel possible, is found only on the desert planet of Arrakis — aka “Dune” — and as such is the most valuable commodity in the galaxy. The novels, known in particular for drawing inspiration from the history of Islam, focus on the fortunes of the Atreides family and veer into themes of political intrigue, philosophy, tyranny, peace and the fate of humankind. The series has been adapted twice before, first as a 1984 film directed by David Lynch that bombed hard and more recently two Sci-Fi Channel miniseries — both of which won VFX Emmys. Villeneuve said in a September interview with Deadline sister publication Variety that “a longstanding dream of mine is to adapt Dune.” If he ends up with the job, he’ll get valuable experience reviving a dormant but beloved science fiction franchise with his upcoming Blade Runner 2049, which hits theaters next fall.
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