Originally published February 1, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
Denis Villeneuve has really hit the sci-fi genre recently with his highly-acclaimed film Arrival and the much anticipated Blade Runner 2049. Now, the director has officially signed on to bring the long discussed Dune reboot to life for Legendary Pictures.
The news came from Brian Hebert, son of series creator Frank Herbert, over Twitter. Brian has followed in his father’s footsteps and has written over a dozen Dune novels, prequels and sequels included.
It's official — Legendary Pictures has signed the very talented Denis Villeneuve to direct the exciting new DUNE series film project.
— Brian Herbert (@DuneAuthor) February 1, 2017
Towards the end of 2016 it was rumoured that Villenueve was being courted to direct the film after he told Variety in September one of his dream jobs to direct would be a Dune remake or something set in the Dune universe: “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.” Legendary picked up the rights to the franchise in November.
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