Paramount’s remake of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” has found a new director, according to Entertainment Weekly.
EW reports that “Taken” director Pierre Morel will take over the project. Peter Berg was set to direct the third adaptation of the best-selling novel, but left the project in October.
Morel will oversee the project and will hire a new writer to polish the screenplay by Josh Zetumer. According to EW, Morel wants the script to be “faithful” to the original novel.
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Hopefully this one will be more faithful to the book. The first movie was almost unwatchable and the SciFi channel's remake was slightly better. There is a reason the book sold so many copies (and continues to do so) and remains a classic...THE STORY! Don't ef it up to make a movie. I know some changes are necessary, but hopefully the screenwriters have at least read the book! Fingers crossed.
I don't think a movie is the right format for "Dune." It's too long and complicated for a single three hour movie. Another miniseries could do it justice. It would need a much bigger budget than the SciFi version, which was well intentioned but limited by budget. I would like to see an HBO or BBC take on it.
Hopefully I'm wrong though and he does a great job...