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I'm surprised HBO or Netflix haven't tried to pick up Dune. Would be a great follow-up to Game of Thrones.

by puranjay 9y ago

jsat 9y ago
Dune is hard to get right... although someone someday will make an excellent TV show out of Dune I think.
- ZenoArrow 9y ago
  The Jodorowsky version sounded interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4OCeSTL08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4OCeSTL08
  - taejo 9y ago
    Yeah, it sounds amazing, but I think it would have been a disaster. Jodorowsky never actually read Dune, and he had the grandiose, completely impractical ideas: Salvador Dalí as the Emperor, his girlfriend with no acting experience as Irulan, Jodorowsky's son who also had no acting experience as Paul (the main character). Jodorowsky saw himself more as a God than a Director, IMO.
  - loopbit 9y ago
    I watched the documentary in a small screening a few years ago and the project sounded incredible... It wasn't Dune, not the Dune we've read, but amazing nonetheless. I definitely recommend watching it (be forewarned, Jodorowsky's english is atrocious). So many interesting stories about that movie: Some of the design work and the people that worked with Jodorowsky actually went into Alien. I mean, Giger, of course, but also Dan O'Bannon a few other people. He actually got Dali and Orson Welles to say yes to the project. Dali wanted to be the most expensive actor in history. The story with his son borders abuse. He basically wanted to convert him into the Kwisatz Haderach and made him go through a very tough training for years. Personally, I did enjoy David Lynch's version and even the tv mini-series they did (back in the late 90's?).
    - mahyarm 9y ago
      It's crazy he could put his son through training for years, yet cannot bother to read the book over a weekend?!
- e12e 9y ago
  I think the mini series is pretty good: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/
the_watcher 9y ago
Legendary Pictures has the rights, and Dennis Villeneuve is attached.
- puranjay 9y ago
  That's pretty exciting. Villeneuve has had a 100% record as far as I'm concerned. If he gets Bladerunner right, I would have even more faith

I'm surprised HBO or Netflix haven't tried to pick up Dune. Would be a great follow-up to Game of Thrones.

jsat 9y ago

Dune is hard to get right... although someone someday will make an excellent TV show out of Dune I think.

ZenoArrow 9y ago
The Jodorowsky version sounded interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4OCeSTL08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4OCeSTL08
- taejo 9y ago
  Yeah, it sounds amazing, but I think it would have been a disaster. Jodorowsky never actually read Dune, and he had the grandiose, completely impractical ideas: Salvador Dalí as the Emperor, his girlfriend with no acting experience as Irulan, Jodorowsky's son who also had no acting experience as Paul (the main character). Jodorowsky saw himself more as a God than a Director, IMO.
- loopbit 9y ago
  I watched the documentary in a small screening a few years ago and the project sounded incredible... It wasn't Dune, not the Dune we've read, but amazing nonetheless. I definitely recommend watching it (be forewarned, Jodorowsky's english is atrocious). So many interesting stories about that movie: Some of the design work and the people that worked with Jodorowsky actually went into Alien. I mean, Giger, of course, but also Dan O'Bannon a few other people. He actually got Dali and Orson Welles to say yes to the project. Dali wanted to be the most expensive actor in history. The story with his son borders abuse. He basically wanted to convert him into the Kwisatz Haderach and made him go through a very tough training for years. Personally, I did enjoy David Lynch's version and even the tv mini-series they did (back in the late 90's?).
  - mahyarm 9y ago
    It's crazy he could put his son through training for years, yet cannot bother to read the book over a weekend?!
e12e 9y ago
I think the mini series is pretty good: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/

the_watcher 9y ago

Legendary Pictures has the rights, and Dennis Villeneuve is attached.

puranjay 9y ago
That's pretty exciting. Villeneuve has had a 100% record as far as I'm concerned. If he gets Bladerunner right, I would have even more faith