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Pierre Morel's DUNE Finds Its Writer!!


Merrick here...

Chase Palmer will write the DUNE movie for Pierre Morel (TAKEN, FROM PARIS WITH LOVE, DISTRICT B-13) - so says THIS snippet in Hollywood Reporter.

We'd previously learned that Morel is starting from scratch with the project, pretty much doing away with a script developed while Peter Berg was looking to direct this new adaptation.

All indications point towards Morel remaining extremely faithful to Frank Herbert's source material. We'll see...



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He seems qualified
by wintersx
Feb 11th, 2010
10:10:09 AM
I still have a hard time believing they're doing this...
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:13:11 AM
...THE SLEEPER MUST BE TAKEN.
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:15:11 AM
...FROM ARRAKIS WITH LOVE.
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:16:04 AM
Ugh
by greyspecter
Feb 11th, 2010
10:18:40 AM
SUGGESTION: WATCH LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
by Toilet_Terror
Feb 11th, 2010
10:21:20 AM
ALSO....WHO CARES!?
by idrinkyourmilkshake
Feb 11th, 2010
10:21:37 AM
...DISTRICT B(ene Gesserit)-13?...
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:23:16 AM
ENFIN / YA YA YAWM
by Kontarsky
Feb 11th, 2010
10:35:07 AM
Dune is dead to me
by NippleEffect
Feb 11th, 2010
10:37:13 AM
Arrakis...
by I_am_Torgo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:39:18 AM
Melange...
by I_am_Torgo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:41:15 AM
Agreed NippleEffect
by Kontarsky
Feb 11th, 2010
10:43:04 AM
the spice is the worm and the worm is the spice
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Feb 11th, 2010
10:47:45 AM
Sam Worthington as a sandworm
by kabong
Feb 11th, 2010
10:47:53 AM
...awaiting the Kwisatz Parcour-rach...
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:53:19 AM
Chani's Boobies
by chavee
Feb 11th, 2010
10:53:33 AM
...yeah, but NippleEffect...you walked right into that one...
by FlickaPoo
Feb 11th, 2010
10:54:57 AM
Faithful adaptation? Meh....
by Damned if I can login
Feb 11th, 2010
11:33:26 AM
chavee...
by Damned if I can login
Feb 11th, 2010
11:39:41 AM
NippleEffect
by bueno_bob
Feb 11th, 2010
12:13:37 PM
And also...
by bueno_bob
Feb 11th, 2010
12:15:29 PM
what about a new Dune RTS?
by ominus
Feb 11th, 2010
12:46:36 PM
This will suck!
by MainMan2001
Feb 11th, 2010
01:01:26 PM
Then DUNE will be a Hard R movie?
by Fareal
Feb 11th, 2010
01:10:54 PM
You guys read the article improperly.
by Rhuragh
Feb 11th, 2010
01:20:12 PM
DUNE IS UNFILMABLE
by sansara07
Feb 11th, 2010
01:44:21 PM
sansara07, I disagree...
by Rhuragh
Feb 11th, 2010
01:49:38 PM
chavee, yeah that's on the DVDs
by MattmanReturns
Feb 11th, 2010
01:59:27 PM
will the movie feature
by jameskpolk
Feb 11th, 2010
02:10:11 PM
Who is Chase Palmer?
by kwisatzhaderach
Feb 11th, 2010
02:29:18 PM
Doesn't matter if he does a great job of it.....
by Gabba-UK
Feb 11th, 2010
02:31:18 PM
Lawrence of Arabia
by SmokingRobot
Feb 11th, 2010
02:49:30 PM
Shock and Awe by Chase Palmer
by MacReady452
Feb 11th, 2010
02:52:47 PM
I like Lynch's Dune.
by LORDOFLIGHT
Feb 11th, 2010
02:54:09 PM
The first sci fi miniseries was bland!
by LORDOFLIGHT
Feb 11th, 2010
02:58:45 PM
Chase Palmer's longest
by Ollegs
Feb 11th, 2010
03:35:35 PM
Extremely tough to do right
by Ravenloff
Feb 11th, 2010
04:15:20 PM
sansara07
by bueno_bob
Feb 11th, 2010
05:44:37 PM
Re: "Dune" Series
by ArmageddonProductions
Feb 11th, 2010
06:07:51 PM
Adaptations:
by bueno_bob
Feb 11th, 2010
06:15:57 PM
God Emperor
by bueno_bob
Feb 11th, 2010
07:13:12 PM
God this is gonna suck
by RedJester
Feb 11th, 2010
08:03:32 PM
Chase Palmer: Private Eye and Screenwriter Extraordinaire
by LV_426
Feb 11th, 2010
08:40:06 PM
"I don't know, this looks bad, what has he done?"
by white_vader
Feb 11th, 2010
09:28:45 PM
WHO?????????????
by Ecto-1
Feb 12th, 2010
01:08:45 AM
The people involved don't seem to have the goods.
by Droogie Alex
Feb 12th, 2010
01:56:09 AM
See?
by white_vader
Feb 12th, 2010
05:45:57 AM

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