What 'Dune' Author Frank Herbert Said About the 1984 David Lynch Adaptation (Flashback)

Dune” is repeating its top performance at the domestic box office this weekend.Both Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho” and Scott Cooper’s “Antlers” were expected to bring in around $5 million in their opening weekends, leaving the No.

After a year of delays and the HBO Max day-and-date release, “Dune” has finally hit theaters and (so far, at least) been a great success for Warner Bros. So much so, Legendary and WB have already greenlit ‘Part Two,’ which will hit theaters in 2023.

It seemed, that the idea that a third film, “Dune: Messiah” could be a good idea, “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve said, casually, in the press tour for “Dune” this fall. But now that “Dune” had an excellent box-office-topping weekend and Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.

“Legendary is pleased to officially move forward with Dune: Part Two…once again based on the amazing books written by Frank Herbert,” read the statement from Legendary announcing the sequel.

“Dune” isn't done.Legendary Entertainment announced Tuesday that Denis Villeneuve's “Dune," which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert's 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel. Whether that would be the case had been an unanswered question throughout the film's release, which was delayed a year by the pandemic and ultimately debuted both in theaters and on HBO Max.Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. has confirmed that Dune 2 is officially moving forward!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterYears ago, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve had agreed to adapt “Dune,” Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel, under one condition: the sweeping saga about warring political dynasties that clash over access to a vital planet could not be confined to only one movie.“The story is so rich and complex that, in order to be faithful to the book, we’ll need to make at least two movies,” Villeneuve explained in 2020.

With “Blade Runner 2049” and definitely “Dune,” Denis Villeneuve has cemented himself in the minds of many as a master filmmaker when it comes to big screen spectacle. That is a description that has also been given to director Christopher Nolan.

With millions of people being exposed to the beauty and majesty of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel, “Dune,” thanks to the new film adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve, folks are learning about the characters that populate the world of Arrakis, including Duncan Idaho (and yes, people have thoughts about that name).

Angelique Jackson In “Dune,” Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides is heard opining, “I must not fear.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” led the international box office, generating $47.4 million from 75 overseas territories over the weekend.The sci-fi epic, based on Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, had the biggest turnout in China, where the film opened to $22 million, a muted result in the world’s largest movie market.

Dune is already starting strong!

Major spoilers for the movie “Dune,” and for the novel the film is based on, below.The opening title of “Dune,” Denis Villeneuve’s new film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s celebrated 1965 sci-fi novel, includes a not-very-unexpected surprise – a subtitle that says “Part One.” The surprise isn’t that it is Part One.

Dune (★★★☆☆), and succeeds on a massive scale. It’s the film’s scale, in beauty and grandeur and impeccable detail, that’s most impressive.

finally coming to the big screen this weekend. And for US-based HBO Max subscribers, streaming comes even earlier.

Adds the Chicago Sun-Times: It’s “a real mess, an incomprehensible, ugly, unstructured, pointless excursion into the murkier realms of one of the most confusing screenplays of all time.”Not quite the fantastic buzz you’ve been hearing about the new screen epic “Dune,” in theaters and on HBO Max Friday, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Oscar Isaac? That’s because these are just a few of the yummy pans of David Lynch’s notorious 1984 flop, also called “Dune.”And these cranky

As you’ve likely heard by now, Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is an enthralling, visceral, immersive space opera. This dense saga also creates a rich contextual world of politics, culture, religion, and history (read our review here).

Jon Burlingame editorFor composer Hans Zimmer, scoring “Dune” was a dream come true. He read Frank Herbert’s massive sci-fi novel when he was 18 and has revisited it often, imagining the sounds of the desert planet Arrakis, the sandworms and the invaluable spice that makes interstellar travel possible.“The first person I talked to was Hans,” director Denis Villeneuve reports.

“Dune” is upon us, folks. After a long delay, Denis Villeneuve’s adapation of Frank Herbert’s iconic novel is hitting theaters (…and HBO Max, sigh) this week.