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Denis Villeneuve wants to adapt Dune

September 13th, 2016 by Marc Comments

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Blade Runner 2 director Denis Villeneuve has revealed he’d love to helm an adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel Dune.

Currently doing the press rounds for his new sci-fi picture Arrival, Villeneuve told Variety that he loves the genre in general but Dune in particular. The sci-fi epic was famously first made into a motion picture by David Lynch back in the early 1980’s (see above).

I’m always looking for sci-fi material, and it’s difficult to find original and strong material that’s not just about weaponry” he said. “A longstanding dream of mine is to adapt Dune, but it’s a long process to get the rights, and I don’t think I will succeed.”

Villeneuve is currently hard at work on Blade Runner 2 but also revealed that he has other sci-fi stories in mind for future projects.

I have two [sci-fi] projects right now that are in very stages. It’s too early to talk about them,” he added.

Arrival is released on November 11, while Blade Runner 2 is scheduled for October 6, 2017.

Source: Variety

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….