Legendary buys film and tv rights to Dune [movie] Dune 2021

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:40 pm

I hear Brian Herbert is planning a whole series on Pug Atreides.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:42 pm

How is it that Patrick Stewart hasn't aged in 35 years?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:50 pm

Because he looked 75 when he was 40.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:56 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:50 pm Because he looked 75 when he was 40.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:09 pm

Excalibur, 1981

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:45 pm

When I saw Dune my first thought was "Francesca Annis is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:08 pm

Archinerd wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:48 am Donald Glover could make a good Duncan Idaho. Tom Hiddleston might be good too.

I think the casting of Duncan Idaho is the most important decision. If it is to be a franchise, Duncan is the central figure. Donald Glover is an inspired choice.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:10 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:09 pm Excalibur, 1981

I love the 2,000-pound Cadillac Eldorado armor everyone wears in that movie.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:04 am

I remember seeing that in the theatre at a very young age (IMDB suggest I'd have 10 or 11). Picard seemed ancient then. Older than Merlin. That was one of the very few things I walked away from the movie with. In total I think it was

Arthur trying to put sword back was funny
Merlin awesome
Picard is too old to be a knight
How did Mordred age so fast and did his gooofy child armor grow with him.
Why do helmets have beaks?
Crows picking out eye in huge field of dead bodies
Naked lady!!!!

And then I proceeded to draw armor with beaks, even though I didn't like the look of armor with beaks.

Loved the movie and came back to watch it several time on ONTV a few years later.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:44 am

LordMortis wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:04 am Why do helmets have beaks?

Hounskull

From around 1380 the visor, by this time considerably larger than earlier forms, was drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or a beak, and was given the names "hounskull" (from the German hundsgugel – "hound's hood") or "pig faced" (in modern parlance). The protruding muzzle gave better protection to the face from blows by offering a deflecting surface and it improved ventilation (which was largely afforded the wearer, when the visor was down, through holes in the "muzzle," such holes being often on the right side of the "muzzle", with additional holes near the mouth, or on both sides).

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:04 am

Go tell that to 1981 me.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:52 pm

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/29 ... rs-to-dune

Oscar Isaacs joins Dune cast.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:01 pm

They’re certainly building a cast of high talent.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:47 am

hepcat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:01 pm They’re certainly building a cast of high talent.

Yes, I understand Mark Wahlberg has signed on to play a pile of sand.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:33 am

Will he be taking acting classes beforehand?

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:13 am

Hey, IGN, is it so hard to say that Oscar Issac is playing Duke Leto?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:10 am

He seems a little young for Leto, but I'm optimistic.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:14 am

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:10 am He seems a little young for Leto, but I'm optimistic.

Yeah, that's not a huge age gap between Isaac and Chalamet, but Isaac has the gravity to play Duke Let for sure.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:16 am

pr0ner wrote:
Holman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:10 am He seems a little young for Leto, but I'm optimistic.
Yeah, that's not a huge age gap between Isaac and Chalamet, but Isaac has the gravity to play Duke Let for sure.

He could have been a good Duncan Idaho as well but I think he'll do fine as the Duke.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:36 pm

Everyone's friendo, Javier Bardem, is the latest to sign on.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:02 pm

Damn, this movie is rapidly becoming the dream team of casting.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:35 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:36 pm Everyone's friendo, Javier Bardem, is the latest to sign on.

Stilgar! Seems perfect.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:38 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:02 pm Damn, this movie is rapidly becoming the dream team of casting.

I know, right? And it will be perfect when Mark Wahlberg is cast as a sandworm!

(I hope the movie doesn’t suck...)

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:04 am

The great thing about this being two movies is that they won't have to leave so much out.

One of my favorite scenes in the book is the formal dinner at the palace in Arakeen. Lynch had no time for it.

It may have been in the miniseries, but a lot (not everything!) about that one was kinda unmemorable.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:37 am

hepcat wrote:Damn, this movie is rapidly becoming the dream team of casting.

Same thing could have been said about the original too. They had amazing talent. And Sting!

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:09 pm

was that shade on Sting !?

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:25 pm

Kind of. I am a big Sting fan and liked him in the role. But looking at the cast, which is outstanding, his name seems out of place. It would be like having Beyonce. Maybe she'd be great, but it's a gamble.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:28 pm

Josh Brolin, come on down, you're the next contestant to sign up to star in Dune!

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:39 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:28 pm Josh Brolin, come on down, you're the next contestant to sign up to star in Dune!

Gurney Halleck!

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:51 pm

And Jason Momoa is in talks to join the ever growing cast.

Momoa would play Duncan Idaho, a fearsome warrior who fights alongside the Attrides family.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:17 pm

What will be bigger: the budget to pay all the stars, or the budget that gets put up on screen?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:37 pm

To pay that cast the entire movie will be stop motion.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:57 pm

I could do without Momoa in this. I don’t hate him, but he’s not even close to the level of talent this will require given the rest of the cast.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:18 pm

And Dave Batista is?

Or Zendaya?

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:20 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:57 pm I could do without Momoa in this. I don’t hate him, but he’s not even close to the level of talent this will require given the rest of the cast.

He’s no Wahlberg but he is a strange choice for the role of Duncan Idaho.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:32 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:18 pm And Dave Batista is?

Bladerunner.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:38 pm

Archinerd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:32 pm
pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:18 pm And Dave Batista is?

Bladerunner.

He was barely in 2049.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:51 am

pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:38 pm
Archinerd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:32 pm
pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:18 pm And Dave Batista is?

Bladerunner.
He was barely in 2049.

But he was good, right?
That's all I know him from, so I really don't have any strong convictions on this one.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:57 am

I would love to see Mads Mikkelson as the Duke and Oscar Isaac could play Duncan.

I like Mamoa, just not in that role. Or this film.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:07 am

Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:51 am
pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:38 pm
Archinerd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:32 pm
pr0ner wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:18 pm And Dave Batista is?

Bladerunner.
He was barely in 2049.
But he was good, right?
That's all I know him from, so I really don't have any strong convictions on this one.

You never saw Guardians of the Galaxy? He was Drax.

BR 2049 showed that he could do a different kind of character.