I learned today for the first time that a remake of the awesome book (and decidedly less awesome early 80s movie) Dune is being made, and is currently in post-production with a release date of December 18, 2020.
The cast includes many I don't know, but the ones I do know seem excellent for their roles. It's damn near a Marvel reunion...
Jason Mamoa as Duncan Idaho (the swordmaster of House Atreides)
Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck (weaponsmaster of House Atreides, played memorably (and surprisingly) by Patrick Stewart in the original movie
Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen
Dave Bautista (better known as Drax the Destroyer) as "Beast" Rabban, the nephew of Harkonnen
This film is also only going to cover the first half of the book, which is good. It's really not possible to cover the whole thing in one 2 or 3 hour movie.
Anyway -- I love the book and a really good film would be great. What say you about all this news? Or am I just the last to known (as would be typical, to be honest!) [Reply]
Originally Posted by All over the internet:
A new Dune teaser attached to screenings of Tenet has confirmed that the first full trailer for the film will be released on 9 September.
Originally Posted by Frazod:
It certainly looks right. I'm still not happy about the Liet Kynes thing, but overall I'm.... cautiously optimistic.
The teaser looks good and I am looking forward to a full trailer in a few days.
I really like Blade Runner 2049.
I would put myself in the cautiously optimistic category as well....I keep saying to myself...if great LOTR films can be made, surely a great Dune movie can be made.
I fear that this is the last shot though...if this sucks, no one will touch Dune with a 10 foot pole for a long, long time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy:
The teaser looks good and I am looking forward to a full trailer in a few days.
I really like Blade Runner 2049.
I would put myself in the cautiously optimistic category as well....I keep saying to myself...if great LOTR films can be made, surely a great Dune movie can be made.
I fear that this is the last shot though...if this sucks, no one will touch Dune with a 10 foot pole for a long, long time.
I loved Blade Runner 2049. Hence the reason I'm cautiously optimistic.
At this point I'm like a whipped dog when it comes to Dune. Hopefully the new guy ends up being Jack Thornton. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy:
I would put myself in the cautiously optimistic category as well....I keep saying to myself...if great LOTR films can be made, surely a great Dune movie can be made.
I don't remember if I posted it here or not, but a while back when they showed studio execs portions of the movie, their reaction was that this movie would be revolutionary (for the genre...) in the same way that Jackson's work on LOTR was. According to "sources"... [Reply]