Comments on: 7 Directors Who Could Handle ‘Dune’

By: Eruaran

Eruaran — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:42:39 +0000

It's hard for me to go past Ridley Scott, if he's interested that is. If not, then I'd give Neill Blomkamp a crack at it.

By: Max Rockbin

Max Rockbin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:31:29 +0000

I could be wrong, but didn't David Lynch only take his name off of the TV extended reedit? That one says Alan Smithee dir., but I think the theatrical release/DVD/blu still says dir. David Lynch.

David Lean. Dead but he'd still be a natural. In Fact someone should Star Wars Revisit/Enhance Lawrence of Arabia. Just add some worms, and you're 2/3rds there.

By: Aleric

Aleric — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:20:39 +0000

I can see why you wanted Kathryn Bigelow as the director of a fictional story with out of this world characters that bear no resemblence to real people. After all she did direct the Hurt Locker, which was also a film that bore no resemblence to actual real life.

By: ckenn

ckenn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:30:38 +0000

This may be true in the event of Peter Jackson, but there is still a huge difference between these two directors. Peter Jackson had 6 films under his belt before tackling LoTR, while this would be Jones' second attempt. For every spielberg (made Jaws for cheap, then got to create Close Encounters on a larger budget), theres a road of directors who were given much larger budgets and arguably turned in big pieces of, well you know.

I'm not saying that Jones is a bad director in anyway, but you rejects are known for your love of Moon, and just seem to reference it whenever its possible.

By: ckenn

ckenn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:38 +0000

I'm not saying that Jones is a bad director in anyway, but you rejects are known for your love of Moon, and just seem to reference it whenever its possible.

By: Cica

Cica — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:04:13 +0000

I read a long article in Empire of a Dune project directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky with names attached like Moebius, H.R. Geiger and Ronald Shusett, the people who then went on to make Alien. There are hundreds of drawings, and the whole concept looked psychedelic, weird and awesome. I really liked Lynch's Dune, but if they have to make a new one they should go back to Jodorowsky, because it looked like one of the most wicked films that never got made.

By: PaulSileo

PaulSileo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:43:25 +0000

So a director shouldn't be given an opportunity if they don't have a “proven scorecard” ? I seem to remember some people criticizing the choice of Peter Jackson for the LotR trilogy for that very reason. I wonder how that one turned out.

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:05:46 +0000

So you don't agree that what Jones has done with a small budget could be extrapolated to something larger?

(I also wasn't aware that we push him for everything. I liked Moon a lot, but I don't think I've endorsed him for President of Sci-Fi or anything. At least not like other sites have.)

By: ckenn

ckenn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:34:17 +0000

Hey Rejects, great job at being original. Still trying to sell Duncan Jones… on everything. Jeez, he's made one film, and although its a great piece, c'mon you don't have to mention Moon everytime a sci-fi project pops up. Great job on getting Blomkamp, who like Jones needs a little more of a proven scorecard before getting a huge 100+ mill budget for this piece. Don't get me wrong, but Bigelow? She's got a great collection of various movies (near dark, point break, hurt locker), but I just don't think Sci-Fi is her thing, Dune would probably not come out the way it should, like what happened when Lynch tackled it.

By: Clinton

Clinton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:49:22 +0000

Russell Mulcahy!

By: Clinton

Clinton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:46:17 +0000

Russell Mulcahy could do it, probably better than any of those you have just mentioned, but
for some reason he's not considered a 'name' director. Oh well!
Btw, this is one of the few sites with a properly ordered/working layout. Good job!!

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:01:33 +0000

I'm guessing my sarcasm didn't shine through there. My fault.

I agree with you about it being adapted more than its fair share…I keep hoping to hear about novel adaptations for several of my favorites that never show up in the trades…

By: Anrkist

Anrkist — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:48:42 +0000

I think Sci-Fi already did a great remake. I know, weird… Sci-Fi, back when it had some decent programing. Children of Dune was also rather excellent.

By: RobHunter

RobHunter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:40:45 +0000

My favorite part of this post is calling the news that Berg has dropped off the project “riveting news.” But seriously, I don't want any of these directors to make this movie because the goddamn story has already had two big budget adaptations… one for film and one for TV. That's two more than plenty of other incredibly awesome books have gotten.

By: rpaine

rpaine — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:34:33 +0000

I liked the original 'Dune' (1984), but a reboot would be sweet if done right.