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Denis Villeneuve Teases A ‘Dune’ Trilogy & Potentially Adapting ‘Dune Messiah’

August 21, 2021 1:51 pm

Other than film festival audiences, "Dune" won't be seen by most audiences until October. Still, director Denis Villeneuve is already preparing fans for his plans to move forward with a franchise. He's current...

Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Dune’ Sequel Will See Zendaya’s Chani Become The Protagonist

Christopher Marc

August 13, 2021 3:03 pm

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Legendary's upcoming film "Dune" is only part one of a two-part story, as the screenwriters and director Denis Villeneuve purposefully split the first novel from author Frank Herbert into two feature films. We...

Denis Villeneuve Names ‘Dune’ His Dream Project In 1-Hour MasterClass Interview

Matthew Monagle

August 1, 2020 1:56 pm

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As the American exhibition industry stays dormant, audiences are having to look to other countries for their festival fix. For example, this weekend marks the final two days of the 23rd Shanghai International ...

‘Taken’ Director Pierre Morel to Tackle ‘Dune’

Kimber Myers

January 5, 2010 3:50 pm

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We sure hope "Taken" director Pierre Morel likes sand in his shorts. With Peter Berg off the Frank Herbert adaptation, Variety reports that the French filmmaker is set to both amaze and irk fanboys everywher...

Peter Berg Apparently Hasn’t Actually Read ‘Dune’

Rodrigo Perez

August 7, 2009 2:35 pm

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Bro-core director Peter Berg has three big projects in the works, his ummm, "adaptation" of the Milton Bradley board game "Battleship" (can't wait to see Pacino or someone exasperate, "You sank my....!"), a "He...

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