DUNE (will be Denis Villeneuve's next movie) (film, 20th Century, scene)

[mister_roboto]

hmmm

i still think as a series on TV it would be better but that means smaller budget

i happened to like the Lynch long form version of Dune ( which was like 3 and a half hours i think )

cheesy FX aside - the visuals were pretty off putting and messed with me for weeks ....

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by mister_roboto

i still think as a series on TV it would be better but that means smaller budget

It would definitely be expensive, but it could be done. GAME OF THRONES and WESTWORLD have proved it.

[oeccscclhjhn]

Originally Posted by mister_roboto

i still think as a series on TV it would be better but that means smaller budget

I just read that The Pacific HBO series was budgeted for 100 million and ended up around 200 mill.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

I just read that The Pacific HBO series was budgeted for 100 million and ended up around 200 mill.

WESTWORLD's pilot episode ran $25 million. Subsequent episodes were in the neighborhood of $20 million each.

But that would be cheap compared to what DUNE needs. Every costume would have to be original, and the plot requires 3 different planets with entirely different eco-systems. You can't do stuff like that on the cheap, because it comes out looking ridiculous. But you could do it on a GAME OF THRONES budget if you filmed in Europe and Africa rather than Hollywood.

[BornintheSprings]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

WESTWORLD's pilot episode ran $25 million. Subsequent episodes were in the neighborhood of $20 million each.

But that would be cheap compared to what DUNE needs. Every costume would have to be original, and the plot requires 3 different planets with entirely different eco-systems. You can't do stuff like that on the cheap, because it comes out looking ridiculous. But you could do it on a GAME OF THRONES budget if you filmed in Europe and Africa rather than Hollywood.

Real question is could Dune pull in game of thrones level viewing numbers? Science Fiction in general isn't always super profitable unless you want to count Star Wars.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

Real question is could Dune pull in game of thrones level viewing numbers? Science Fiction in general isn't always super profitable unless you want to count Star Wars.

Science fiction is very profitable if it is good --- on both TV and movies. Star Trek, ALIEN in all its incarnations, Terminator, Predator, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, etc., etc., etc.

It is Fantasy that has struggled to find an audience over the years. GAME OF THRONES never would have made it on TV without the success of THE LORD OF THE RINGS movies.

[stan4]

Originally Posted by William Taylor

Another one???? How many versions are they going to make?

You know, the fact that they are willing to remake Overboard should tell you how little originality is left in Hollywood.

[Mark S.]

https://deadline.com/2018/07/timothe...rt-1202427315/

Timothée Chalamet In Talks To Star In ‘Dune’ For Denis Villeneuve And Legendary

[AFtrEFkt]

I hope I'm wrong, but unless this movie's 4.5 hours long, or Denis leaves out vast chunks of exposition, it's probably not going to work that well as a self-contained feature.

[William Taylor]

Originally Posted by stan4

You know, the fact that they are willing to remake Overboard should tell you how little originality is left in Hollywood.

Yikes! And upstage Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn?