Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 Dune series is in peril, Deadline reports. Paramount has already invested four years in the project but has yet to set a production date. With recent news that Paramount is seeking a new director this far into development, the rights holders to Herbert’s catalogue have given the studio until next spring to start production, at which point it will forfeit the option. Director Peter Berg was previously attached to the project and contributed to a first draft of the script.
There is speculation that Paramount is intimidated by a combination of a necessarily large budget (what studio Sci-fi movie would be made for less than $100 million these days?), decades of fandom to appease, and the memory of David Lynch’s iconic, but poorly received 1984 adaptation. Taken director Pierre Morel, who oversaw Chase Palmer’s second draft of the script, is reportedly favoured to take on directing duties.
[via Deadline; image via Dune Wiki]
Paramount Pictures' adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 Dune series is in peril, Deadline reports. Paramount has already invested four years in the project but has yet to set a production date. With recent news that Paramount is seeking a new director this far into development, the rights holders to Herbert's catalogue have given the studio until next spring to start production, at which point it will forfeit the option. Director Peter Berg was previously attached to the project and contributed to a first draft of the script.
There is speculation that Paramount is intimidated by a combination of a necessarily large budget (what studio Sci-fi movie would be made for less than $100 million these days?), decades of fandom to appease, and the memory of David Lynch's iconic, but poorly received 1984 adaptation. Taken director Pierre Morel, who oversaw Chase Palmer's second draft of the script, is reportedly favoured to take on directing duties.
[via Deadline; image via Dune Wiki]
