Bingowings said:Dune needs to be remade (possibly as two films in a series covering the whole Frank Herbert series over many films) the current plans for another film version don't fill me with much confidence.
100% agreed. I, for one, think Dune could be made into a single 3 and a half hour film, but I don't think any studio would be willing to take the risk on that.
I have a devious scheme to save enough money over the course of my life and build up enough contacts in my (future) career as a film editor to finance an epic, roadshow-style (shot on 70mm - I would choose IMAX but I prefer the 2.20:1 AR over 1.44:1 - with an overture, intermission, exit music, and at the aforementioned 3.5 hours in length) version of Dune from a script that I've begun working on and will continue to until I'm 100% satisfied with it.
It also will actually be shot in the desert, unlike the Sci-Fi miniseries. It got the story (mostly) right, but the cheap costumes, sets, Fremen eye makeup and the incredibly obvious matte-painting desert ruined it for me.
I wouldn't have a hell of a lot of interest in anything beyond Dune Messiah though - it was OK, but I didn't like Children of Dune that much and don't have any interest in reading the three novels beyond that.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that's just a pipe dream that will never happen. And even if it did, I doubt I'd ever find a way of distributing it properly. Plus there's the whole rights issue.
[Farnsworth]A man can dream, though ... a man can dream ... [/Farnsworth]