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Director Peter Berg announces his next film project: DUNE.
ark \| 10:52 AM on 12.22.2007	17 comments

FUCK YES. YES YES YES YES YES.

Peter Berg, actor and director of Friday Night Lights, The Rundown, and The Kingdom, confirmed yesterday that as of this moment, he is in preproduction for the greatest sci-fi story of all time, Dune. Words cannot express how fucking excited I am for this. I just finished the first trilogy last night (Children of Dune has a fantastic ending :D) and the epicness of the books made me realize how shortchanged they have been in the film adaptation department. The 1984 David Lynch version was terrible. The 2000 Sci-Fi Channel version was good, but way too low-budget. The 2003 sequel miniseries was better, but still lacked a real sense of wonder and awe that a series of Dune's caliber should have. If Lord of the Rings can take three massive books and abridge them enough to make three mind-blowing movies, surely someone can make Dune the way it's supposed to be.

When asked about the scale of the new verison, all that Berg would say was "big, big, big." It's about time that a sci-fi universe as intelligent, brilliant, and epic as Dune came to the big screen. I don't want to sit through another Transformers. D:

Anyway...

God damn, I am so excited about this. This is going to be awesome.

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15 comments | showing # 1 to 15

MrSadistic

Dude are you serious? Another god damn remake of this movie?

ark

It needs one. If you've ever read the books, you'd know why. David Lynch hated his version so much that to this day he refuses to talk about it, and Frank Herbert also disowned it. The 2000 version was a miniseries made in the Czech Republic so that doesn't count.

electristan

damn Czech Republic! I'd love to see a great adaptation, i only ever read Dune as i heard they went down hill after the original.

ark

I did too, that's why I stayed away from the rest of them for a while. But then I decided, "they can't be THAT bad," and I was right. Dune Messiah and Children of Dune are absolutely fantastic. I don't know about the next trilogy, I'll let you know, but Dune is just a starting point for the things that happen next, even though it doesn't seem like it. The characters get so interesting, and a lot of weird, crazy, and cool stuff goes down on everyone's favorite desert planet. Plus, Duncan Idaho, who is like the coolest character ever, comes back (thanks to Tleilaxu ghola-technology) and kicks some ass.

electristan

sounds good, might pick them up so since i have a long flight tomorrow.

frozenbabylon

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.

Clockwork

Peter Berg rocks. Hard. Can't wait to here more about this.

cjpkiller

OH MY FUCKING GOD
THE GUY WHO DID THE KINGDOM IS DOING DUNE
OH MY GOD
FUCK YESSSSSSSSSS!!
hopefully itll revive the game series as well, but if I get some tripe movie tie in bullshit from it I'll kill a bitch.
do want. dune rules.

Techno Mage

The books absolutely do not go downhill after the first one, and all of them form one of the most amazing Science Fiction series I have ever read. However, if you read beyond Chapterhouse Dune you will find the twisted realms of madness and corpsefuckery that is Brian Herbert's continuation of his father's series. Do not read anything written by Brian Herbert.

I really hope and pray he has nothing to do with this movie, for it will bear his taint.

Los Tres Ojos

I'm reading Children of Dune right now and it's fucking awesome. I haven't seen any of the old movies because I've heard they aren't very good and I didn't want to ruin my appreciation for the books.

A legit, big-budget, well-written adaptation of Dune would be the shit though.

Aaron Mxy Yost

OMG I KNOW! :)

For anyone who hasn't read them, at the very least pick up the first three books. The last three books by Frank Herbert are also great, although unless you're really into the universe I'd say definitely skip the prequel stories by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune are a maybe simply because they conclude the story based on Frank Herbert's notes, but nowhere near as good as the originals. Probably best to just read the synopsis on Wikipedia instead. SPOILERS: Fucking everyone gets cloned.

I love the visual design and surrealness of Lynch's version, but dislike it as an adaptation of Dune. The miniseries versions do a better job with the story, but still lack a lot in other areas.

Other great stuff from Frank Herbert include The White Plague and the three stories set in the ConSentiency universe.

Aaron Mxy Yost

Oh, and I hope to god they actually make Paul a 15-year-old like he's supposed to be.

ark

Oops, sorry Mxzcuztijnsdkjnweij, I didn't see you already did a post about it. Yeah, I thought David Lynch's version was the best parody of Dune ever. Except the part where it wasn't a parody D:

And you're right, they've never nailed the ages in the adaptations. Paul is 15, Leto and Ghanima are 9, and Wensicia is YOUNGER than Irulan, dammit!

spacecadetjoe

this excites me in a big way. I made it through God-Emperor without ever getting bored, i love these books

Y0j1mb0

Unless it's going to be part of a multi-part movie EPIC it's not going to do the books justice.

Dune the Movie..?

Most likely Dung The Movie.

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