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Denis Villeneuve officially signs on for the Dune reboot

February 1, 2017 by Ricky Church

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.

Are you excited to see Villeneuve on board for the new Dune? Let us know below…

Originally published February 1, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Brian Herbert, Denis Villeneuve, Dune

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