NEW 'DUNE' MOVIE TO BE
HELMED BY DENIS VILLENEUVE
I informed you last month that Legendary has bought movie rights on Frank Herbert's sf classic DUNE and now it got Denis Villeneuve for director! He already helmed Arrival sf movie this year and new Blade Runner.
Planned as a movie franchise DUNE is set in the far future with
humanity, having spread beyond Earth to countless other worlds, now
ruled over by competing feudal families who control access to a drug
called Melange. Known popularly as “spice,” the drug gives its users
heightened consciousness and an extended lifespan at the cost of
crippling addiction and fatal withdrawal. Spice, use of which makes
interstellar travel possible, is found only on the desert planet of
Arrakis or Dune ruled by the family of Atreides and as such is the most
valuable commodity in the galaxy.
'LOST CITY OF Z' TEASER
CHARLIE HUNNAM, ROBERT PATTINSON AND TOM HOLLAND
The first teaser trailer has been released today for the adaptation of David Grann's book THE LOST CITY OF Z which describes real events, about British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam)
who made several attempts to find an ancient lost city in the Amazon
and finally disappeared in 1925 along with his son in the search for the
city. Beside Charlie Hunnam as Colonel Fawcett, the movie also stars Robert Pattinson as his fellow explorer Henry Costin and Sienna Miller as his wife Nina Fawcett! Angus MacFadyen and Tom Holland are also in the cast in the Brad Pitt produced movie which is scheduled to find its way into cinemas around the world some time next April.
That is quite a cast!
ReplyDelete-Kati
I only like Holland in it :)
DeleteA new Blade Runner... Well, I'm curious to say the least.
ReplyDeleteyou're saying you haven't seen the ugly teaser this week?
DeleteI don't trust the marketing team. Any marketing team. They either give away the story or lute us into thinking it's a whole other movie.
Deletethey didn't really give away anything in that teaser, it was boring, ugly as if having talentless Ryan Gosling in it wasn't enough
DeleteYou might be right.
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DeleteCompletely.
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DeleteI have heard a lot about the book Dune from a friend and have been wanting to read it. Interesting that the movie is coming out now. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
it is a very long series to read
DeleteIf I recall, Dune has been a popular book for some time, no?
ReplyDeleteThe Lost City of Z trailer was quite boring. I like some of the cast, but seeing that trailer didn't excite me in the least.
longer than the two of us are alive :)
DeleteLost City of Z is certainly lost on us with that horrid cast
Ooohhh, Charlie Hunan. About time he makes another appearance.
ReplyDeleteglad to see you happy about it
DeleteDune...One of my best books...ever! But so difficult to make a movie about this wonderful and creative world...
ReplyDeleteyes, all of the mini series so far were horrible and uninspired to say the least
DeleteBring on the spice!
ReplyDeleteas soon as I find a giant hen to eat up all the warms...
DeleteI thought Z is for the zombies :)
ReplyDeleteno such luck
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