Possible Dune remake

[Whitestar]

Don't take my word for it, check out the following article, along with the link:

Dune Film Rumor Emerges

C.H.U.D. reported a rumor that a new movie version of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel Dune may be in the works. The site cites Byron Merritt, who runs the official Dune novel forums and is a member of the Herbert family.

"We're getting VERY close to a deal. Heard that news today," Merritt reportedly posted on Aug. 24. "Although only rumor, I've heard that 'someone' at the studio wants Dune reallllly bad and has been a fan of the novel for years. They're not saying who this is (and it might just be hype), but I'm holding out hope that whoever this might be is a big enough fan that he/she will do the book justice. Supposedly it's some director."

Dune was previously adapted as a movie by director David Lynch and again as a miniseries on SCI FI Channel.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...d=43792&type=0

Personally, I thought that Sci-Fi Channel's version was quite decent compared to David Lynch's version. I would very much like to see a sequel to Children of Dune instead. What does everybody else thinks?

[Foxbat]

I agree with you. I'd rather see something like God Emperor brought to the screen as another miniseries rather than a remake of the film.

I think with Lynch's Dune and then the first miniseries, we don't need yet another Dune. Time to explore new ground as far as I'm concerned.

[Princess Ivy]

oh god not again. when will the film industy realise that herbert wrote more than dune! i'd love to see dosadi - actually, cancel that. let them think that's the only thing he wrote! i can at least ignore more dune clones...

[Quokka]

I'm watching the tv release of Dune (1980) at the moment and it's worse than I remember, I keep thinking through the movie that it is such a great story that it's a shame it was never done properly. I thought the mini series was ok and haven't seen Children of Dune yet but this one needs to be marked down as a missed opportunity for now, it just doesn't need to be done again.

[roddglenn]

Dune has been adapted for the screen in two very distinct ways - a third try is utterly pointless in my opinion. Like others have said, there are plenty of other Herbert works that can be brought to the screen - there is no need to re-do Dune again.

[unclejack]

Is anyone besides me tired of remakes? There has already been a Dune movie, a Dune Miniseries, and another Dune miniseries called Children of Dune. Give it a rest. I think Hollywood is starving for original ideas.

[iansales]

If you're tired of remakes, then you're tired of Hollywood :-)

At the moment, Herbert Partnership Limited are in discussion with a Hollywood studio about a new version of Dune. That doesn't mean it will necessarily get made. In fact, the odds are against it. Mysefl, I'll hold judgement on any remake until I've seen it - it could be awful, or it could be really good.

Oh, and without "remakes", you probably wouldn't have all those Jane Austen films. Imagine if the only film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice was the version with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson... :-)

[roddglenn]

Originally Posted by iansales

Oh, and without "remakes", you probably wouldn't have all those Jane Austen films. Imagine if the only film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice was the version with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson... :-)

Oh what a happy land we'd live in!!! I bloody hate all the flippin remakes of Pride & Prejudice. How many are there now including TV adaptions? 10??? Give it a damn rest!!!

And yes as you may be able to tell I am really tired of remakes too. Virtually every film I've ever loved has been remade (Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, Halloween, Wicker Man, Italian Job, Get Carter, Rollerball etc etc etc). Some have been a bit better than others but 99% of the time they are totally pointless.

[Foxbat]

As long as we pay to watch rubbish remakes Hollywood will keep churning them out. Sure some remakes are worthwhile but in recent years the quality has been utterly pathetic.

If the powers that be are still prepared to foist rubbish on us, it must be because some of us are prepared to pay to watch it......let's face it, they ain't doing it for the good of our health.

[unclejack]

I really don't give a crap about Jane Austin, so that one's kind of a mute point for me. But yes, I am tired of remakes and yes, I am tired of Hollywood. Lately all I wanna watch are foreign films. There are a few very rare occasions where the remake is actually better than the original but the chances of that decrease dramatically the more times they make a remake of the same frickin movie. One example of a remake that was better than the original was Cape Fear, other than that I can't really think of much else.

[Princess Ivy]

Originally Posted by iansales

If you're tired of remakes, then you're tired of Hollywood :-)

At the moment, Herbert Partnership Limited are in discussion with a Hollywood studio about a new version of Dune. That doesn't mean it will necessarily get made. In fact, the odds are against it. Mysefl, I'll hold judgement on any remake until I've seen it - it could be awful, or it could be really good.

Oh, and without "remakes", you probably wouldn't have all those Jane Austen films. Imagine if the only film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice was the version with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson... :-)

yes i am tired of unoriginal hollywood, and i don't think i've ever watched a jane austen movie in my life.
there are so many great writers and great concepts out there, and yet hollywood would rather re-make/revamp or redo an existing work. i think it's sad.

for me remakes are like movie concepts from books - there are very few that are as good as the original, and even less that surpass it.

[Overread]

Problem is that people who go to cinemas the most - the average american teeager/young adult - don't care about story or plot - all they tend to care about is that they can waste around 1 1/2 to 2 hours of time and watch big bangs. The story is also considered bad if they have to pay attention for the whole film - thus endless remakes with ever simlper stories will continue to be generated because statistics state that they attract the largest audiences

solution - become a stastition and infiltrate the hollywood studios and convince them that original well written scripts are the way forward.

[iansales]

I picked Pride & Prejudice as an example of a book whic has had several adaptations, both film and television, and most of which are good. But Austen is by no means the only author who has had several versions of one of her novels adapted for film.

To be fair, Hollywood does seem overly fond of recycling, but the remakes are outnumbered by original films - at my local cinema, the following films are showing:

1408 - original adaptation of short story
2 Days in Paris - original French film
BRATZ - original film based on range of toys
Breach - original film, based on a true story
Death Sentence -original adaptation of book
Evan Almighty - original film
Hairspray - remake
Hallam Foe - original adaptation of book
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - original adaptation of book
Knocked Up - original film
No Reservations - original film
Run, Fatboy, Run - original film
Rush Hour 3 - sequel (to original film)
Shrek the Third - sequel (to original film)
Surf's Up - original film
The Bourne Ultimatum - sequel (to original adaptation of book)
The Simpsons Movie - original adaptation of TV series
Transformers - remake
Year of the Dog - original film

Only two remakes in the entire lot...

[roddglenn]

Others films that are out now or soon to be released...

Lady Chatterley - remake of a TV adaption of a book
Disturbia - blatant remake of Rear Window (which has had 3 adaptions already)
Resident Evil 3 - a hugely over-exploited game franchise
The Invasion - yet another remake of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
Nancy Drew - remake of a TV adapation of the book

They're just a few off the top of my head - I'm sure there's plenty of others out there too. Thank God there are decent original films being made as well, but the point is that they could spend more of their time making original films rather than pawing over old material.

[iansales]

Over-extending franchises is more of a problem than remaking earlier films (I suppose it's arguable whether a new adaptation of a novel counts as a remake...). Do we really need three Resident Evil films (did we really need one?), or Rush Hour, etc?

Thre versions of Rear Window? The original Hitchcock, of course, and the remake starring Christopher Reeves... I didn't know there was a third one.

Nancy Drew... It's her first outing in cinemas. There may have been a TV series, but that doesn't really make the new film a remake.