Peter Berg (below) is going to be directing Dune for Paramount Pictures. Said to be released in 2010. Berg directed/produced Hancock, The Kingdom, and Friday Night Lights, and has starred in a few movies/tv shows.



But enough about him. Let's discuss who YOU think should star in the movie.

http://www.mania.com/peter-berg-confirms-dune-remake_article_56986.html


[Edited on January 12, 2009 at 5:25 AM. Reason : link to one article]

1/12/2009 5:22:20 AM

what is wrong with directly under his nose?

HE'S BEHIND HANCOCK? OH MY, THIS WILL TURN OUT WELL.

1/12/2009 5:30:48 AM

1/12/2009 7:13:02 AM

This is going to go well.

If David Lynch can't do it, Peter Berg has no chance.

1/12/2009 7:53:12 AM

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"HE'S BEHIND HANCOCK? OH MY, THIS WILL TURN OUT WELL."

At least the first half will be good.

1/12/2009 8:32:32 AM

goddammit, they should just stop trying

because right now i'm skeptical

then details will leak and i'll get my hopes up

and then it will be complete asshole

1/12/2009 9:25:49 AM

So much of the book is internal thought and backstory it would be hard to make it box office successful.

1/12/2009 9:44:36 AM

I won't get my hopes up.
The Sci-Fi Channel version was decent (6 hours). The Sci-Fi Children of Dune was great (Messiah + Children in 6 hours).
I really don't see how it can be done in 2-3 hours without leaving out way too much information.

1/12/2009 9:55:09 AM

i like the david lynch version

1/12/2009 10:41:46 AM

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"I really don't see how it can be done in 2-3 hours without leaving out way too much information."

me too, they are probably gonna have to make it 2 movies....

first ending with them right at the end of the invasion (it is kinda naturally split into 2 halves)

the other books, Messiah and Children of Dune could be worked out later.

i dont think god emperor would make a good movie...

1/12/2009 2:35:36 PM

Why make this film? The SciFi one was great.

1/12/2009 2:37:53 PM

Dune really isn't a movie you can sit and watch in 3 hrs.

The art of the book is in its subtle intrigue which would take an amazing cast and director to pull off.

1/12/2009 3:06:52 PM

this is bound to be an epic failure.

1/12/2009 3:08:46 PM

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"If David Lynch can't do it, Peter Berg has no chance."

that's fucking crazy talk man...the David Lynch version is awesome

1/12/2009 3:18:14 PM

thank you

while I won't go so far as to say it's "awesome", it is good, overall

and some of the scenes are ridiculously beautiful and well done

works of art

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1/12/2009 3:20:10 PM

if they ever did make Dune Messiah or Children of Dune, I could see Eva Green play Alia of the Knife

btw...tl, that picture is FTW

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1/12/2009 4:04:00 PM

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"So much of the book is internal thought and backstory it would be hard to make it box office successful good."

This should also be posted in the Watchmen thread.

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1/12/2009 4:13:38 PM

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"i dont think god emperor would make a good movie..."

Man, that would just be a terrible, terrible movie.

1/12/2009 4:33:52 PM

some of the novels his son wrote would be pretty good as movies. I thoroughly enjoyed all the house books and the butlerian jihad ones.

1/12/2009 8:53:56 PM

who cares, it's Dune

1/12/2009 9:21:10 PM

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"that's fucking crazy talk man...the David Lynch version is awesome"

What are YOU talking about? David Lynch has said himself that Dune was a foolish undertaking. I enjoy that version for what it is, a good companion to the book, but not the full Dune. There will never be a version which satisfies everyone, that you could call a movie.

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1/12/2009 10:44:03 PM

the real issue i see here is the 2010 release date

unless PETER BERG has spent a few years working on a dune movie on the off-chance he'd get to adapt it...

1/13/2009 12:16:20 AM

OMF STING

1/13/2009 1:14:29 AM

This will be an abysmal failure.

1/13/2009 8:01:45 AM

I thought Dune Messiah was one of the better books in the series. I'm reading Heretics right now...and it's a little dry for me.

1/13/2009 6:23:21 PM

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little death that brings total obliteration.

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1/13/2009 6:29:20 PM

the Lynch version wasn't bad but the entire movie making process was a shitfest. Lynch said himself he wasn't given the freedom he wanted. the effects were pretty cheesy overall but it was like 1981 or something

I loved the sci-fi miniseries.

maybe this will be good. I have hopes.

1/13/2009 6:30:47 PM

^ agreed. the sci-fi channel version was really good.

1/14/2009 12:07:28 AM

Sci-Fi version was campy as hell. The David Lynch version was much better. If you are going to make a 2-3 hour movie from Dune, you have to make a movie in the spirit of the book not a direct translation from print to screen.

1/14/2009 12:21:13 AM

bout to watch the 1984 version of dune...hope it doesnt suck...was told by a few folks its worth seeing at least once

4/12/2009 6:56:55 PM

^

it's telling that David Lynch's greatest failure is still loved by many

4/12/2009 7:09:50 PM

about 35 minutes in now and its pretty bad...probably wont be able to finish this one

4/12/2009 8:04:15 PM

I'm reading The Butlerian Jihad right now.

Google it.

4/12/2009 8:20:48 PM

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP RE-MAKING OLD MOVIES THAT WERE ACTUALLY GOOD?

YOURS WON'T BE AS GOOD, YOU DOUCHE. STOP TRYING.


Bitches should re-make old movies that were shitty but with a good concept.

4/12/2009 11:33:10 PM

it is the post modern thing to do

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4/13/2009 1:04:14 AM

A couple of things:

1) The David Lynch movie was not good.

2) If you really appreciate Dune, then avoid the aborted fetus sold by Herbert's son. That entire ominus story arc is such unbelievable ass that it makes a mockery of the entire series.

4/13/2009 4:14:46 AM

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"about 35 minutes in now and its pretty bad...probably wont be able to finish this one"

You finish it? If so, congrats for not killing yourself. That movie is total ass.

4/13/2009 9:06:42 AM

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"Bitches should re-make old movies that were shitty but with a good concept."

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"2) If you really appreciate Dune, then avoid the aborted fetus sold by Herbert's son. That entire ominus story arc is such unbelievable ass that it makes a mockery of the entire series."

agree

4/13/2009 9:33:32 AM

"good" is such a particular word

4/13/2009 9:37:25 AM

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" At least the first half will be good."

no only the action scenes will have any entertainment value whatsoever.

4/13/2009 12:43:01 PM