Villeneuve's Dune: Part One (2019)

[Vince W]

A number of films are getting pushed to 2021, Including the Bond film No Time To Die and Jurassic World Dominion


The film studios and the theater chains must be losing many millions of dollars .

I'm disappointed about Dune, but I'm not fussed about anything else. I watched Bill and Ted Face the Music at home and I probably enjoyed it more because I didn't have to contend with a load of mouth-breathing phone junkies through it. I say release the films on streaming services and let the cinemas find their own level. I'd pay a whole lot more for a ticket if I knew that I wouldn't be constantly bothered through the film.

 

[Boneman]

I'm hopeful... it looks gritty. All the actors are from DC/Marvel films, so they're... experienced.... Rebecca ferguson made mission impossible films very watchable. We gotta have some good things this year, my fingers are crossed!

Ha ha... "gotta have some good things this year"....

 

[Toby Frost]

Another trailer. By and large, it looks pretty promising. I'm not sure about some of the dialogue.

(Although I don't remember Paul killing The Stig in the original novel)

 

[ctg]

I'm not sure about some of the dialogue.

For it being typical to modern day idioms and phrases?

 

[Toby Frost]

Yes.

 

[ctg]

Yes.

Like what I said in the Foundation thread, we'll have to wait and see. Their aim is to make this classic SF masterpiece more relatable to the larger audience. Not just to us purist. Frank Herbert wrote this back in early sixties and the language in the book is modern English, with zero amount of the language characteristics.

I think the language Idaho uses to young Paul shows a lot about the man he is, a fighter, when he refers to Paul's lack of muscles. He'd served the house military wing for ages and the language comes from there. But I get that it might stagger the image you've in mind, especially as in the book Duncan comes out with a lot more swagger than what Momoa has been shown in his characters.

To me Duncan's character is more like GoT's Syrio Forel, with a lot of flair that hides behind it the real killer. The most capable duellist in the Dune planet.

 

[ctg]

Dune is notoriously difficult to adapt—as David Lynch discovered when he directed his critically panned 1984 film adaptation—but Villeneuve found the trick was to split the novel in half. This first film will cover events in the first half of the novel, and a second installment will cover events in the second half. However, Villeneuve wrote an op-ed for Variety last December, sharply criticizing the studio's decision to release Dune simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max (for a 31-day period) because of the ongoing global pandemic. He predicted this could result in the film underperforming at the box office ("piracy will ultimately triumph"), leading to a cancellation of the planned sequel.

Latest Dune trailer gives us our best look yet at Denis Villeneuve’s epic film

It’s the first half of a planned two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel.

arstechnica.com

So it's a two-parter and there is no plans on filming the following books. Unless it does super well.

 

[ctg]

This will change things, the deal with the HBO max is that the second part of the Dune is an actual miniseries. We'll get that glory of House Artreides going down, and then we get to see how he'll take back the world (and then the Imperium). I think it's a clever plan.

The show was ordered straight-to-series at HBO Max in June 2019. Set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s epic “Dune” novel series, “Dune: The Sisterhood” is told through the eyes of a mysterious order of women known as the Bene Gesserit. Given extraordinary abilities by their mastery of the body and the mind, the Bene Gesserit expertly weave through the feudal politics and intrigue of The Imperium, pursuing plans of their own that will ultimately lead them to the enigmatic planet Arrakis, known to its inhabitants as Dune. It will serve as a prequel to the films.

‘Dune’ HBO Max Series Enlists Diane Ademu-John as New Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)

The "Dune" television series prequel at HBO Max has found its new showrunner.

variety.com

Is going to be like GoT and show all the corruption that goes along the Spice trade? Are they going to talk about the Messiah? Or the worm?

Denis Villeneuve is still attached to direct the pilot for the series. Along with Spaihts, Villeneuve, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert for the Frank Herbert estate will executive produce along with Scott Z. Burns. Kevin J. Anderson will co-produce. The series hails from Legendary Television, with Legendary also producing the upcoming film reboot.

 

[ctg]

Anyone seen it yet? Apparently, it was a huge hit in Finland.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Anyone seen it yet? Apparently, it was a huge hit in Finland.

Dune hasn't been released yet. I think that is to happen around 20 October.
It has however been presented at the Film Festival in Venice. See also this thread.

 

[ctg]

Dune hasn't been released yet.

It has but not for us. What I see is that a lot of people are on four to five star ratings, but there are also those who absolutely hated it.

 

[Elckerlyc]

It has but not for us. What I see is that a lot of people are on four to five star ratings, but there are also those who absolutely hated it.

Most reviews I read are positive. It depends on your expectations, I guess.
If you without any expectations and let the visuals do their work you will leave the theater in awe. The problem some people have is that this is Part One and the story breaks off just when it got going. I don't care really, as long as there will be a Part Two (which might become uncertain when too many people don't like Part Ones....

 

[J-WO]

The box office looks pretty good in Russia, Finland, Saudi Arabia etc. If that's any indicator for the larger markets then I think Part Two is fairly certain. Fingers crossed!

 

[ctg]

If science fiction has an answer to fantasy’s The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien’s epic saga of the battle to defeat the Dark Lord, Sauron – then Frank Herbert’s Dune has to be a strong contender. Published in 1965, it is the story of the desert planet Arrakis, known as Dune; of the rare and priceless “spice” that can be found there; of the Atreides family, sent to Dune’s dangerous surface to rule; of its native Fremen people, who are capable of surviving in this inhospitable environment. Of the giant sandworms, hundreds of metres long, which hunt beneath the sands, and of Paul Atreides’ reluctant ascent to messianic status. And it is finally getting the mainstream attention it deserves, thanks to Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation, out in the UK on 21 October.

Dune: science fiction’s answer to Lord of the Rings

Frank Herbert’s novel, now adapted for cinema with Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, is finally getting the recognition it deserves, agree authors including Neil Gaiman and Jeff VanderMeer

www.theguardian.com

 

[HareBrain]

I can't help feeling an actor called Timothée is completely wrong for a film set in a desert. He'd have the fresh smell of summer meadows.

(That might be a Brits-only "joke".)

 

[Dan Jones]

Definitely a Brit only joke, like that one about Bernard's mum.

I'm off to see Dune tonight at the BFI IMAX in Waterloo! Will report back...

 

[BAYLOR]

The box office looks pretty good in Russia, Finland, Saudi Arabia etc. If that's any indicator for the larger markets then I think Part Two is fairly certain. Fingers crossed!

We might get part 2.

 

[Toby Frost]

I don't get either of those jokes and I'm British - unless it's a reference to an old comedy called "Sorry", whose lead character was called Timothy, I think. Wow, I've not thought about that for about 30 years.

Is there a way of seeing Dune without going to the cinema?

 

[Venusian Broon]

I don't get either of those jokes and I'm British - unless it's a reference to an old comedy called "Sorry", whose lead character was called Timothy, I think. Wow, I've not thought about that for about 30 years.

Is there a way of seeing Dune without going to the cinema?

Unfortunately you have to be able to access HBO max at the moment because that's the channel that's airing it, and that is not allowed if you are in the UK....however....if you use a VPN and change your location to the US you can access it via a PC or similar device.

 

[Toby Frost]

Thanks, but that sounds way beyond me! I'll wait for the DVD, I think.