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Brian Herbert, son of the late, great creator of the 'Dune' universe Frank Herbert (bless the Maker and his passing), took up the mantle of finishing his father's legacy He's since become the written voice of Arrakis, continuing the saga of House Atreides and the Fremen, as well as several of his own titles and works. Announced[...]

With lots of his own books as well as hit Star Wars, X-Files and Dune novels Kevin has won or been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shamus, Hugo, Nebula, Scribe, and Colorado Book Award Jason chats about Kevin's new releases: Tales of Dune, an anthology in the Dune world, and the zombie-PI collection Zomnibus. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/kevin_j_anderson_2_rev.mp3 Listen[...]

Leading the overall project will be a film reboot of the first book, Dune Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario) directing. That's all good and well, but now Variety is reporting that Eric Roth has been tapped to adapt the novel into a screenplay On the one hand, Roth wrote the screenplay of Forrest Gump (and won an Oscar for his efforts)[...]

It has been rumored for a while that Legendary Pictures had been courting Sicario and Arrival director Denis Villeneuve for their upcoming Dune reboot Now in under 140 characters, Brian Herbert (son of Dune author Frank Herbert) has confirmed that the contracts have all been signed, and Villeneuve will be directing. It's official — Legendary Pictures[...]

Perhaps the fourth time will be better than the third – Variety is reporting that Legendary Entertainment has secured the film and television rights for the classic science fiction Dune properties from the author's estate. The deal apparently allows for development of both television as well as film adaptations, however Legendary has not yet commented if[...]

As well as his many personal credits, Jean-Marc Lofficier worked with Moebius – Jean Giraud – extensively over their lives, including translating many of his works into English. Which is why it seems so fitting that he should choose to translate and analyse a French legal decision regarding the estate of Jean Giraud and a French film[...]

By Phil Harris Frank Herbert's Dune has made a couple of trips to screen in its time with David Lynch's questionable all style, no substance and completely inappropriate character version; proving that you simply couldn't make a novel of that size into a two hour film and the more interesting Frank Herbert's Dune mini-series which created[...]

By Phil Harris Bleeding Cool is delighted to be covering the geekier side of the Glasgow Film Festival which starts on the 18th February and runs until the 1st March with a fabulous selection of films and other activities to boot including IMAX screenings of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, the much touted Jodorowsky's Dune[...]

Herbert's Dune. God of War Anthropology and socioculture John's artwork. DD: What are you reading/watching/listening to these days? What has you really excited? RB: In our world? Let's see…Image and Boom! are always putting out quality work I'm in the store whenever a new Prophet is out I really appreciate what Mignola is doing in Hellboy in Hell[...]

This, of course, can trigger fan outrage as they feel that a company isn't leveling with their fans, who then perceive this as disrespect when all the company is doing is trying to honor their contract. So we come to Boom's announced Free Comic Book Day book this year, Dune, based on the best-selling series of[...]

If you want these, you may need to try a little harder… They include Dinosaurs Vs Aliens #1 from Liquid Comics by Grant Morrison and Mukesh Singh, an adaptation by Boom! of Frank Herbert's Dune, Stan Lee and John Cassaday creating Elvis comics and the first chapter of the Season One: Spider-Man graphic novel. Here's a list,[...]