New “Dune” movie in the works at LegendaryNovember 22, 2016 - 10:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to "Dune", a classic sci-fi novel written by Frank Herbert. The studio and Herbert's estate have reached the agreement which allows the studio to develop film and television projects adapted from the novel for global audiences, AceShowbiz reports. The studio is teaming up with Universal Pictures for the new movie adaptation. No additional information is available, but "any project will be produced by Thomas Tull, Mary Parent and Cale Boyter, with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert serving as executive producers," according to Legendary. "Dune" is set in the distant future. It follows Paul Atreides whose family accepts control of the desert planet Arrakis. As the only producer of a highly valuable resource, control of Arrakis is highly contested among the noble families. After Paul and his family are betrayed, the story explores themes of politics, religion and man's relationship to nature as Paul leads a rebellion to restore his family's control of Arrakis. The novel was adapted into a movie back in 1984 by David Lynch, starring his "Twin Peaks" star Kyle MacLachlan as the lead character. In 2000, a TV series based on the same source material was developed by John Harrison and starred Alec Newman. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |