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New Dune Adaptation Gets a Director
Dune is just one of those classic novels that all sci-fi readers just LOVE to carry on about. Personally, despite my insane geek status to which Doug, (who plays Magic The Gathering Collectable Card Game) must bow down to, I publicly state now, that I have never read this book and to watch the attempted miniseries. Yes mortals. I have a flaw.
However, I am not so flawed as to be waiting for the movie like some slacker in an 80s teen film. They have found a director in Peter Berg (Smokin Aces), so it looks like I am now on a timetable.
The Herbert estate is eyeing to do the new film version of the classic – some say unfilmable – science-fiction series; last done as a poorly-received mini series. They go on to say Paramount is likely to give the film a home.
I don’t know why, but this classic seems to have slipped through the cracks of my already mighty powers of geek.
More importantly, I can’t seem to read a book AFTER I have seen the movie from which it was sprung. So I should get that all out of the way before they make this puppy.
Who’s the director, and what’s so odd about playing Magic?
Rod, you are missing out if you don’t read the Book(s). There is a reason the prior film versions were not well received (and although the original film adaptation did suck, even the worst of David Lynch is better than most of the shit out today). Read the book(s) and you will see what a great and rich story this is.
I for one ****loved**** the David Lynch version. Didn’t get much in the Sci-Fi miniseries, or Children Of Dune….personally, I’d scrap a new Dune adaptation, and just shoot for…Dune Messiah. I don’t give a rat’s tail about the rise of Mu’audib.
I remembered your gom jabbar- now you will remember mine!
Well, don’t get ahead of yourself here Rodney… Peter Berg is a RUMOR from Ain’t It Cool News and is FAR from confirmed.
I’m the opposite, if I know that a book is being made into a movie, I wait to read the book until after I’ve seen the film. Otherwise, I spend the entire time comparing the movie to the book…with unfavorable results 99% of the time.
That said, I looove the Dune books. I actually liked the David Lynch film and the recent miniseries. I think that translating the Dune series to film is a Sisyphean task and I give props to anyone who attempts it.
i like how the article stated that it was a poorly recived miniseries, when in fact it was popular enough that a couple of years after they made the mini-series they made a sequel to it
anyway. i don’t think you can translate dune into something thats 2 hours long with the material of the book. the pacing will eventually break this movie, but i would still go see it
Ummm, your article implies that Peter Berg directed Smokin’ Aces (he only acted in that film which was directed by Joe Carnahan). Berg directed The Kingdom, The Rundown and Friday Night Lights…
And for the record. Lynch’s Dune is the definitive version in my book. All other versions are sad poseurs thus far.
Berg is a horrible horrible director. He manages to detatch you from the characters in every way possible in all three of the movies he’s directed(The Rundown, Friday Night Lights, and The Kingdom). His upcoming Hancock with Will Smith has the potential to suck more massively than anything he’s ever done in the past. I hope this rumor is false, because a look at his IMDb page tells me that he doesn’t have much time on the clock…
It seems to me the Paramount execs having been taking advice with WB execs in charge of the JLA movie.
@Kurt
“Ummm, your article implies that Peter Berg directed Smokin’ Aces”
Its just something more recent that people might associate him with, and I didn’t imply that he directed it. Lots of actors direct too. Some are even good at it.
I dunno… I love this series and if they don’t find a geek to make it, it’ll never satisfy the depth of the books. They should ask me to direct it.
I really liked Lynch’s vision of the universe, but the final product was nearly unwatchable.
Oh God! How many times do we have to make this damn movie.