Re-make of "Dune"

[sztriki]

Stellan Skarsgard: Denis Villeneuve free to put 'personal stamp' on Dune

Stellan Skarsgard has revealed 'Dune' helmer Denis Villeneuve appeared to have been given the freedom to put his own "personal stamp" on the remake of the literary sci-fi classic

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This is very good news. I was concerned that there will be some suits giving orders after BR2049’s box office take but happy to hear this.

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Everyone seems to forget that Blade Runner was visually amazing, aurally engrossing, beautifully and atmospherically shot, a cinematic masterpiece... that utterly flopped at the box office. It only started getting its "cult status" after several years in second-run theaters and home-video release. So I don't know why the studio expected anything less with BR2049. It has a niche audience of hardcore fans who are not and never have been the general moviegoing public. It would only ever have niche appeal. It had to be gone into consciously as a labor of love you expected to lose money on -- at least initially.

Same with Dune. The story requires you to think, and a lot of moviegoers go to movies to get away from having to do that. The Lynch version might have been fantastic and definitive if not for studio interference and a couple questionable creative decisions (eliminating the stillsuit hoods and masks -- and capes -- in order to see the actors' faces, ornithopters that didn't flap their wings, and the ending that gave immediate payoff rather than leaving things open). The casting was great, the production design was extraordinary, the score was -- and still is -- wonderful and fitting. And if everything that was shot was used and all the VFX work had been finished, a three-and-a-half-hour-with-intermission Lynchian Dune would not nearly have been as inaccessible as the theatrical cut ended up being.

So yeah, it's vitally important that the studio knows this will only ever have niche appeal, and that Denis can make it as long as he needs it to be to tell the whole story. At least with Lynch's version, Frank was there the whole time to give the nod or veto to all the choices, because Lynch wanted to make sure it was true to the author's vision. And at least Denis had Ridley involved on BR2049 to make sure this new delve into that world lined up with its creator's sense of it. With this Dune, though, Denis is having to go with his best guess, and probably relying on Brian Herbert's sense of what his dad would have been okay with.

 

[joberg]

This ^^^

 

[Bigdaddy]

Tried to resist posting this...it was futile.

 

[Axlotl]

I really like the mini-series format Netflix has been doing lately - Dark Crystal, Maniac...
I wish this was that. Dune needs to be 10 hours long.

 

[sztriki]

To me one of the most important aspects of the book is

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that Paul is not a messiah or any promised leader, they simply consciously exploited a myth that was consciously planted by the Bene Gesserit centuries ago for their own selfish purposes.

That's the core message of the book, be careful who you follow, but all interpretations tend to take the story as a straight hero's journey.
I'm not holding my breath that this will translate to the new film, but it would be so great if it did.

 

[DesertDan]

I was fortunate to attend a presentation by Frank Herbert and had the opportunity to meet with him afterward.
He said that Dune was an exploration of how environment shapes culture and specifically its religion, especially in relation to messianic beliefs.
I remember his statement, "I invented Paul Atredies so that I could kill him."

Lynch's Dune was in post-production at the time and Mr. Herbert was very excited about it. He stated that the thing that pleased him most was that they had captured the look and feel of the book very close to how he envisioned it.

 

[sztriki]

I was fortunate to attend a presentation by Frank Herbert and had the opportunity to meet with him afterward.
He said that Dune was an exploration of how environment shapes culture and specifically its religion, especially in relation to messianic beliefs.
I remember his statement, "I invented Paul Atredies so that I could kill him."

Lynch's Dune was in post-production at the time and Mr. Herbert was very excited about it. He stated that the thing that pleased him most was that they had captured the look and feel of the book very close to how he envisioned it.

That’s really awesome! Glad he liked the look of Lynch’s film, I do think it’s nearly spot on look and cast-wise.

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

I have an audio cassette interview with Herbert and Lynch that Waldenbooks put out in the mid-'80s. I need to do a digital transfer and post it up here for those interested. It's a lovely delve into the process, as is the Making of Dune book, but that's more easily findable.

 

[Strikerkc]

I have an audio cassette interview with Herbert and Lynch that Waldenbooks put out in the mid-'80s. I need to do a digital transfer and post it up here for those interested. It's a lovely delve into the process, as is the Making of Dune book, but that's more easily findable.

Looks like it's on YouTube in multiple parts. This is the link to part 1 of 6.

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Thanks, Strikerkc. I hadn't even thought to look there. I'll have to watch that and see if it's the same audio as what I have.

 

[Kylash]

Logo revealed. Love the font using the same shape in different configurations.

 

[sztriki]

Logo revealed. Love the font using the same shape in different configurations.

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Love it. Reminds me a bit of the DeLorean DMC logo.
There's also some promotional footage going around behind closed doors and some tweets report it looks great. Hoping for a trailer soon, although it's almost a year until release so don't think it's happenning just yet.

 

[Jaitea]

First image of the new film

A First Look at Timothée Chalamet in Dune

Part one of our preview of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the epic sci-fi novel.

www.vanityfair.com

& 'Official' Logo

J

 

[Strikerkc]

Very nice. I imagine those are some of the freighters loaded down with Atreides goods and personnel, headed up to the jump ships.

 

[StevenBills]

I honestly have no idea what Dune is, but this genuinely intrigues me.

SB

 

[Strikerkc]

I honestly have no idea what Dune is, but this genuinely intrigues me.

SB

Oh man, where to begin... Dune is an OG sci-fi novel series with some very interesting ideas about how the far far far future might unfold. The general gist revolves around struggles between great houses, vying for power and control of not only their own home worlds, but of a single world with the only resource that allows faster than light travel (the planet nicknamed "Dune"). It deals with a lot of stuff that you'll actually recognize from a lot of different sci-fi series, because they have been at least partially inspired by Dune.

If you want to wait for the movie(s) to dive into the world, you'll be just fine. If you want to dive into the original book series, I recommend one of the newer audio book versions from audible. the one I got had a very good voice cast, and was a joy to listen too. Or if you like the written word, just pick up a copy.

[Edit] Pretty much every sci-fi story I can think of, can drawn at least part of it's inspiration and lineage back to elements from Dune, or Starship Troopers. Both are great for seeing where sci-fi got a lot of it's roots.

 

[Kylash]

Nah that's Kylo Ren

 

[PlasticSoul]

We've got a lot of pics now, and I hope one of you will be 3d printing the respirators by the end of the day:

Behold Dune: A New Look at Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and More

Feuding royals. A deadly planet. Before Star Wars or Game of Thrones, there was this legendary story.

www.vanityfair.com

 

[Strikerkc]

Dat Atreides battle armor.

Interesting, both the armor and the still suits have "wrist" armor added on to the glove areas. wonder if that's a stylistic choice across all suits with reinforcement. we'll know when we see some haronkens