Most of what I cover here on ScreenCrush are blockbusters. These are the movies with the biggest budgets in history. And yet lately, I find that more and more of them look downright bad. I don’t know if they’re made by directors lacking in vision or hands-on effects experience, or they’re worked on by too many disparate … Read more
“Whether [Denis] Villeneuve gets to make Part Two depends largely Part One’s success. Call me a cynic, but I suspect that means we’ll never see this story finished. Either way, I would rather have one magnificent portion than a frenzied, nonsensical whole.” Those were the concluding words of one dumb film critic’s rapturous review of Villeneuve’s Dune. (The dumb film … Read more
Frank Herbert’s Dune took a while to become a bestseller, but once it did, the book’s popularity essentially allowed Herbert to spend the rest of his life writing Dune sequels. Herbert penned six Dune novels in total, including Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune. Denis Villeneuve’s film of Dune adapted just half of Herbert’s … Read more
While fans wait for the next chapter to finally fill IMAX screens, Villeneuve reveals what’s in store for the future if it’s a success. Dune: Part Two faced a delay when the studios didn’t want to release the film with the strikes taking place, and the actors would not be able to do promotions. Now, … Read more
Killers of the Flower Moon writer Eric Roth recently revealed that he has written a mysterious movie for Dune director Denis Villeneuve. During a recent appearance on the “A Script Apart” podcast, Roth said that he isn’t sure what will happen with the project, but that “it’s about space and time,” and that the script … Read more
Denis Villeneuve’s next project could finally be his Cleopatra movie, and rumours point to Zendaya starring as the Egyptian Queen. It was announced six years ago that Denis Villeneuve would direct a Cleopatra movie for Sony Pictures. It’s been some time since we last heard about the project, but scooper Daniel Richtman believes that Villeneuve … Read more
When David Lynch first attempted an adaptation of Dune, he tried to cram the entire mammoth novel into a single film. The results were … a little messy, to say the least. So when Denis Villeneuve decided to make a new Dune, he took a different approach: Adapt only the first half of Herbert’s book as a film and … Read more