The Dune film series led ... and several more books set in this sci-fi dystopian world followed the first novel in the years ...

By that, I meant director David Lynch ... concepts of course, but Hollywood was successfully turning the genre into something safe, kid-friendly, and prepackaged for the masses. In this context ...

The Martin Center Is Looking for a Few Good Books ... 1984, David Lynch, fresh off The Elephant Man, passed on directing Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi and chose to adapt Dune ...

However, a key reason was described by Universal Pictures executive Thom Mount in this author's book A Masterpiece in Disarray – David Lynch's Dune: "Rudy’s version of the script did not ...

Now that "Dune: Part Two" has completed Denis ... Messiah", at least), it's more obvious than ever that David Lynch's 1984, single-film adaptation of a crown jewel of genre literature was always ...

Director Denis Villeneuve has had a lot of success with his recent Dune movies, which stars Timothée Chalamet as lead ...

No one could ever say that Lynch doesn’t have an eye for talent, as the cast of Dune is filled with excellent ... It’s the equivalent of a book letting the reader see the character’s thoughts.

Exactly 40 years ago on Dec. 14, 1984, David Lynch's $40 million Dune — at the time, the most expensive film in Universal Pictures' history — was released to vicious critical jeers and ...

Even when the script fails to give them something compelling to say, these actors and actresses helped Dune ... of a book letting the reader see the character’s thoughts. But if Lynch didn ...