STAR WARS WAS THE 'ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM'

 

While Dune has stayed on the more quirky side of the social range throughout the previous 56 years, the impact of Frank Herbert's judicious novel on our number one narrators is past debate. Without the subjects and ideas found inside the enormous — and now and then uncertain — science fiction book, we wouldn't have such cherished standards as Star Wars or Game of Thrones. The two properties have detonated into enormous establishments worth billions of dollars, while Dune has battled to discover its balance on screens both of all shapes and sizes. 

Producer Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) is hoping to change all that with his enormous financial plan and ritzy transformation that discharges in the not so distant future. The task has been permeating inside his brain for more than thirty years since the time he read the first book as a child. His fantasy at last worked out as expected when Warner Bros. consented to support the big screen exertion, yet there was just a single issue. 

Such a great deal Herbert's vision had as of now saturated the mainstream society sub-storm cellar via movies and shows that steered clear of Dune (the undeniable model being the world far, far away). Obviously, Dune started things out, yet that wouldn't make any difference to the normal crowd part who might undoubtably draw undesirable examinations. The test confronting Villeneuve was two-overlay: 1) adjusting a tremendous source material that many consider to be un-filmable and 2) present a special translation that could isolate itself from anything we've seen previously.

Writing in a guest column for Empire Magazine's November 2021 issue, the acclaimed director addresses how the design process for Dune was affected by the legacy of Star Wars. "It was a very long process to find this identity in a world with the giant elephant of Star Wars in the room," he states. "George Lucas was inspired by Dune when he created Star Wars. Then as we were making a movie about Dune, we had to negotiate the influence of Star Wars. It's full circle."