Legendary, on the other hand, has it clear with films like Warcraft, Pacific Rim and Godzilla that they’re pretty much a hot bed of geeky activity.
So their chances of aligning to what Frank and Brian Herbert’s fans are looking for are greater.
The first sign is the fact that Legendary Entertainment are the current rights holders for Dune, meaning that Morel’s departure did in fact lead to previous rights holder Paramount to lose out on the opportunity.
This is probably a good thing because despite their excellent work as the studio that brought Arrival into the world, they don’t seem like the type of production house that’s in the business of catering to a franchise as iconic and demanding as Dune.