Herbert’s novels were later adapted for television with Syfy adapting both the first and third books (Dune and Children of Dune) as television miniseries.
The agreement calls for the development and production of possible film and television projects for a global audience.
More recently, the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune examined director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempts at making his own Dune movie.
Herbert himself wrote five literary Dune sequels and, beginning in 1999, new Dune novels began being published.