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It has been rumored for a while that Legendary Pictures had been courting
Sicario and Arrival director Denis Villeneuve for their upcoming Dune reboot.
Now in under 140 characters, Brian Herbert (son of Dune author Frank Herbert)
has confirmed that the contracts have all been signed, and Villeneuve will be
directing.
沙丘魔堡原作者之子已確認丹尼斯 維勒納夫已經簽約成為該片導演
Back in late November, we’d reported on Legendary having secured the rights
to the Dune series of novels from the Frank Herbert estate. The deal gives
Legendary the option for both film and television rights worldwide. Brian’s
tweet implies that Villeneuve will be attached to the film project, and we’
ll keep an eye out for any news on around the TV front. It seems that studios
are looking to go wider than a single format lately, with Lionsgate
developing the Kingkiller Chronicles simultaneously for both TV and Film.
去年十一月傳奇影業就已經取得沙丘魔堡系列改編為影集或者電影的權利
The Dune projects would be produced by Thomas Tull, Mary Parent and Cale
Boyter, with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert serving as
executive producers.
製作人介紹
The property has been developed several times previously, with the 1984 David
Lynch version being the most well known, with Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan
as Paul Atreides. A few years ago MacLachlan took to twitter to explain the
plot of Dune in a single tweet to a fan unfamiliar with the story:
沙丘魔堡系列在以前已經被拍攝過不少次 其中最知名的為林區版