New Dune Movie Still On For December Release

Apache · 04-16-2020, 03:54 PM

The new movie is still showing a December 2020 release date according to Vanity Fair. It also looks like it is actually going to be two movies. The article from TOR is here:
https://www.tor.com/2020/04/14/every...8daca66453a1ba
Apache

Sirtel · 04-16-2020, 04:49 PM

I didn't even know there's going to be a new movie. Actually I'm not really a Dune fan (read the novel years ago and was like meh, for some reason the world and the characters just didn't grow on me), but I'm certainly going to watch the movies. Thanks for the tip.

Bookstooge · 04-16-2020, 05:38 PM

Now THAT is some excellent news!

....and then I went and read the article. Great, a climate change movie. Just what I wanted, more crazy stuff shoved down my throat.

Well, my expectations have now been shifted into the appropriate "low gear"...

Richwood · 04-22-2020, 02:17 PM

I have the 4.5 hour director's cut Dune movie done some years ago by the SF channel and consider it to be the best Dune done so far. I also have the only 4 hour regular version of it.

Tomk2 · 04-30-2020, 03:41 AM

Dune is a tough film to make. So much of the book was what the characters were thinking and planning to themselves. Since I loved the books, I actually didn't mind the movie version, but I might be in the minority there. I never saw the miniseries, and I certainly have the time now, so I think it is on the top of the list.

Hitch · 05-05-2020, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apache

The new movie is still showing a December 2020 release date according to Vanity Fair. It also looks like it is actually going to be two movies. The article from TOR is here:
https://www.tor.com/2020/04/14/every...8daca66453a1ba
Apache

WOW, somebody didn't do any research or even glance at the damn novel!

Quote:

...It’s attracted some criticism over the years for some of his portrayals: women don’t play as big a role...

Uh...what? Someone else who read it as the basic Hero's Journey action-adventure book, rather than what it was/is.

Hitch

rantanplan · 05-06-2020, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookstooge

Now THAT is some excellent news!

....and then I went and read the article. Great, a climate change movie. Just what I wanted, more crazy stuff shoved down my throat.

Well, my expectations have now been shifted into the appropriate "low gear"...

Wow, how can you be salty about the climate change topic "shoved down your throat" that's already in a book that was written over 45 years ago?

Calenorn · 05-06-2020, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Wow, how can you be salty about the climate change topic "shoved down your throat" that's already in a book that was written over 45 years ago?

Quite right. Making 'the desert bloom' on Arrakis was a central motivation for the Fremen. A dream which, if achieved, would destroy the commercial value of the place. It's one of the primary sources of dramatic tension in the novels.

Hitch · 05-06-2020, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Wow, how can you be salty about the climate change topic "shoved down your throat" that's already in a book that was written over 45 years ago?

Frank Herbert wasn't writing about climate change 45 years ago. The "environmental" topics he discussed were different. It's this current article that mentioned that.

FWIW.

Hitch

Sirtel · 09-16-2021, 07:08 PM

Dune will premiere here tomorrow. I'm going to see it with my sister on the weekend.

The Foundation should come out next week (yes, I know they made a lot of changes, but I'm still interested) and The Wheel of Time in November. Good times ahead.

Karellen · 09-17-2021, 04:36 AM

Looking forward to this also. I tried reading the books a few years ago, but like a previous poster, I could not get into them.

Lucky you watching it tomorrow. Not due for release here in Australia until 2 December, that is if we ever get out of lockdown.

04-16-2020, 03:54 PM	#1
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,306 Karma: 90981752 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	New Dune Movie Still On For December Release The new movie is still showing a December 2020 release date according to Vanity Fair. It also looks like it is actually going to be two movies. The article from TOR is here: https://www.tor.com/2020/04/14/every...8daca66453a1ba Apache

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Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,993 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I didn't even know there's going to be a new movie. Actually I'm not really a Dune fan (read the novel years ago and was like meh, for some reason the world and the characters just didn't grow on me), but I'm certainly going to watch the movies. Thanks for the tip.

04-16-2020, 05:38 PM	#3
Bookstooge Member Retired Posts: 805 Karma: 2091358 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Kindle Oasis 1st Gen, PB Era	Now THAT is some excellent news! ....and then I went and read the article. Great, a climate change movie. Just what I wanted, more crazy stuff shoved down my throat. Well, my expectations have now been shifted into the appropriate "low gear"...

04-22-2020, 02:17 PM	#4
Richwood Astronomy Nut Posts: 531 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Reno, NV Device: Kindle (All), Kobo (Multiple), Sony (most) and Nook Glowlight Plus	I have the 4.5 hour director's cut Dune movie done some years ago by the SF channel and consider it to be the best Dune done so far. I also have the only 4 hour regular version of it.

04-30-2020, 03:41 AM	#5
Tomk2 Groupie Posts: 151 Karma: 123456 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: none	Dune is a tough film to make. So much of the book was what the characters were thinking and planning to themselves. Since I loved the books, I actually didn't mind the movie version, but I might be in the minority there. I never saw the miniseries, and I certainly have the time now, so I think it is on the top of the list.

09-16-2021, 07:08 PM	#10
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,993 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Dune will premiere here tomorrow. I'm going to see it with my sister on the weekend. The Foundation should come out next week (yes, I know they made a lot of changes, but I'm still interested) and The Wheel of Time in November. Good times ahead.

09-17-2021, 04:36 AM	#11
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,688 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Looking forward to this also. I tried reading the books a few years ago, but like a previous poster, I could not get into them. Lucky you watching it tomorrow. Not due for release here in Australia until 2 December, that is if we ever get out of lockdown.