Villeneuve’s sentiment was recently echoed by Frank Herbert’s son Brian, who spoke in glowing terms about his visit to Villeneuve’s Dune film set.
Coming from Denis Villeneuve, the director of Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, and Arrival, that is an impressive claim to make.
This decision means Dune will almost certainly underperform at the box-office, and Villeneuve is afraid he will never be given a chance to make a sequel.
One of the biggest events in the recent history of sci-fi cinema is filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious upcoming movie Dune, based on the iconic novel by Frank Herbert of the same name.