Lacey Bridges
Dune
Legendary and Universal are teaming on a new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune”.
The last film adaptation, made in 1984 by David Lynch and featuring Kyle MacLachlan (of course), was widely panned by critics and fans of the book but has since gone on to become somewhat of a guilty pleasure amongst the sci-fi community.
Peter Berg (“Deepwater Horizon”) attempted to get a new version off the ground with Paramount in 2008, but the studio ultimately yanked the project from their dance card.
It’s not yet known whether the new incarnation will be a TV series or film.
(Deadline)
Storm Boy
Meanwhile, producers of a newly-announced remake of Aussie classic “Storm Boy” are looking to shoot the film in the same locale as the original.
Ambience Entertainment have apparently scouted South Australia’s Coorong with negotiations underway to shoot the movie there.
“One thing I can tell you for sure, we are going to make the film, we are reimagining the story and we are moving forward rapidly to get that done,” Producer Michael Boughen said.
Alien Nation
“Loving” director Jeff Nichols is soon set to wrestle with Fox’s long-gestating remake of the ’80s film “Alien Nation”.
Nichols suggests the new film will reflect what’s going on politically at the moment.
“I think films at their best are reflections of the society that produces them. I know for a fact that an audience, when they’re walking to the theater, they bring their issues with them. And I’m always been fascinated by that since my first film. Especially with my first film, I was just in a bubble making something and then I saw the outside world come in and start to put all this stuff on it. And then I used that to my benefit with Take Shelter. I knew I just had to give people a little bit [of political context] and they could run with it. Similarly with Loving, I knew we didn’t have to speak specifically about gay marriage. People were going to be thinking about that — as they should. With this next film, I’m still, like everybody, trying to figure out what all this means for us. But whether I want it to or not, it’s going to be a reflection of the world. And I want it to.”
The original 1988 film starred James Caan and Mandy Patinkin.
(EW)
