Well it appears another Dune movie adaptation is in the works, which of course has me really excited given how big of a Dune fan I am!
http://www.syfyportal.com/news424831.html
I really hope they do keep faithful to the book like the article states. The first film was OK but strayed really far from the book, though the miniseries wasn't back. I know its virtually impossible to reproduce on screen what Frank Herbert wrote, but I'm still excited to see something close.
Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 SF novel Dune has captured our imagination for years. The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel was first adapted into a film in 1984 by David Lynch, and then adapted again into SciFi Channel’s 2000 miniseries.
Get ready for another adaptation. Paramount Pictures has attached Peter Berg to direct the new big-screen adaptation, which is slated for a 2009 release.
The novel is set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire. The story centers on the remote desert planet Arrakis, which is the only source of the spice melange. Melange -- a drug that gives the user a longer lifespan makes interstellar travel possible -- is the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe.
Variety reported that "Paramount envisions the project as a tentpole film" and that "the filmmakers consider its theme of finite ecological resources particularly timely."
This Dune incarnation is looking for writers and hopes to make a "faithful adaptation" of the novel.
Richard Rubenstein ("New Amsterdam"), who produced SCI FI's "Dune" and the sequel, "Children of Dune," is producing alongside Sarah Aubrey of Berg's Film "44." John Harrison and Mike Messina will executive-produce. Plus, according to Film.com, authors Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (son of Frank Herbert) will be co-producers on the film.
Get ready for another adaptation. Paramount Pictures has attached Peter Berg to direct the new big-screen adaptation, which is slated for a 2009 release.
The novel is set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire. The story centers on the remote desert planet Arrakis, which is the only source of the spice melange. Melange -- a drug that gives the user a longer lifespan makes interstellar travel possible -- is the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe.
Variety reported that "Paramount envisions the project as a tentpole film" and that "the filmmakers consider its theme of finite ecological resources particularly timely."
This Dune incarnation is looking for writers and hopes to make a "faithful adaptation" of the novel.
Richard Rubenstein ("New Amsterdam"), who produced SCI FI's "Dune" and the sequel, "Children of Dune," is producing alongside Sarah Aubrey of Berg's Film "44." John Harrison and Mike Messina will executive-produce. Plus, according to Film.com, authors Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (son of Frank Herbert) will be co-producers on the film.
I really hope they do keep faithful to the book like the article states. The first film was OK but strayed really far from the book, though the miniseries wasn't back. I know its virtually impossible to reproduce on screen what Frank Herbert wrote, but I'm still excited to see something close.
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- "Things will not calm down, Daniel Jackson, they will in fact calm up!" 
- "I hope you like Guinness Sir, I find it a refreshing alternative to... food" 
- "I'm Beginning to regret staying up late to watch "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo" last night... Check that, i regretted it almost immediately" 
-because of Alec Newman as Paul Atreides 
) and I think it is a good idea- maybe another would be the best? 
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