Your cast for the upcoming Dune movie

[nampigai]

So far, I've never had the chance to discuss Dune with someone in real life despite the fact that it's supposedly the best-selling SF novel in history.

I know... Dune should be compulsory.

[MrFlibble]

My second hope is that it stays reasonably close to the book, though I realize that a lot will have to be cut. The miniseries was okay in that respect, allthough it also added some irrelevant and unnecessary subplots.

In my opinion, the miniseries focused too much on the major plotlines and main characters, with everything and everyone else fading into the background. Most of the secondary characters, with the notable exception of Dr. Kynes, were just too plain and uninteresting. With all its deviations from the book and lots of scenes that were cut, Lynch's movie is far better than the miniseries IMO.

[Anathema]

That reminds me of what they did to Fenring. Cutting out his abortive fight with Paul and leaving absolutely no mention at the end (or anywhere) of the fact that he's a botched superhuman. Why did they bother including him at all?

[MrFlibble]

I think they made him into the Emperor's Mentat of sorts. Another weird change was making Irulan travel to Giedi Prime to gather some information. Guess they wanted to give her a bigger role in the series, but the outcome was just meh.

[nampigai]

I think they made him into the Emperor's Mentat of sorts. Another weird change was making Irulan travel to Giedi Prime to gather some information. Guess they wanted to give her a bigger role in the series, but the outcome was just meh.

Think they forgot that it was Margot Fenring that "visited" Feyd-Rautha.

[Anathema]

That didn't bother me much, personally. I rather like the Fenring character from the novel though and I feel that the miniseries butchered him.

Still, on the whole I like the series.

[nampigai]

That didn't bother me much, personally. I rather like the Fenring character from the novel though and I feel that the miniseries butchered him.

one of the reasons why I'd prefer the movie never happened. Besides I don't think they will be able to make it any better than Lynch's.

[Mahdi]

That didn't bother me much, personally. I rather like the Fenring character from the novel though and I feel that the miniseries butchered him.

Still, on the whole I like the series.

The miniseries butchered him?!  Have you read the new novels?  THAT is character assasination.

[nampigai]

The miniseries butchered him?!  Have you read the new novels?  THAT is character assasination.

In my world they are non-canon, and I'm trying to forget them.

[Anathema]

Well, butchery is a fairly delicate craft. For the prequels a more suitable analogy would be "dismembered and left to rot".

[MrFlibble]

After I saw Brad Pitt briefly impersonating a doctor in Ocean's Eleven (dark hair, glasses), I think he could actually do Piter de Vries...

[Dunenewt]

Too big a star for such a small role I would have thought.

[Dunenewt]

Some other people have been attempting their cast lists for Dune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK79fVrGxK0

[sinjski barbarin]

Well, if anyone of you other DUNE fans will be interested, here is my cast list...

Charles Mesure as Duke Leto Atreides

Renee O'Connor as Lady Jessica

James McAvoy as Paul Muad'Dib

Ian McKellen as The Baron's Doctor

Bernard Hill as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

Brendan Fraser as Feyd-Rautha

Sean Astin as The Beast Rabban

Christopher Lee as Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.

Max von Sydow as Gurney Halleck

Ian Holm as Thufir Hawat

Ornella Muti as Reverend Mother Ramallo

Maggie Smith as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Keira Knightley as Chani

Timothy Dalton as Dr. Wellington Yueh

Ewan McGregor as Nefud

Kiefer Sutherland as Piter De Vries

David Wenham as Liet-Kynes

Gerard Butler as Stilgar

Miranda Otto as Princess Irulan

P.S. Your comments, either good or bad, are most welcome,

so let's see who agrees and who disagrees with my choice

of actors for new 'DUNE'...

[MrFlibble]

Haven't they dropped the idea to make a new film anyway?

[Pawe]

Any info about this? Is this project still alive or is it back in development hell? IMDb states it for 2014 release, but since 2013 is almost upon us and there's been second to none information... well it doesn't look too good. The latest piece of info I dug out is this web page:  http://janeiris.hubpages.com/hub/Dune-Movie-to-Watch-Out-For# but who knows how accurate the info is...

[THE AQIB]

well it has been going on forever about this movie and its release... Something caught up with the original movie makers... Well if it wont release by 2014 i'll make the movie and release it... :)

[THE AQIB]

well how abt this "www.deadline.com/interstitial/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deadline.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fparamount-ends-4-year-attempt-to-turn-frank-herberts-dune-into-film-franchise%2F"