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Marvolo
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Would anyone want a Dune remake?
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25-Jun-2007, 7:10 PM
Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Originally posted by: Marvolo
Maybe someone like Peter Jackson who would stay as faithful to the source material as possible.

I had sparkling water coming out of my nose when I read this. Painful. Anyone who thinks PJ was faithful to LOTR needs to read the books again. I also worry that PJ would take his director's cut hubris to the hilt with something like this and produce a film even more bloated and overlong than King Kong was.

I like the idea of getting Joss Whedon invloved, and I also liked the miniseries approach. I'd like to see an adaptation of Dune financed by HBO, Showtime of Cinemax with a similar approach to that taken by Rome.


Peter Jackson deviated alot from the novel yes, but you try adapting a 1,000 page novel. Some things that work on paper do not work on film.