The trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune just dropped:
Let’s do a checklist of encouraging signs that they’re going to actually follow the book:
- Gom Jabber: Check
- Litany Against Fear: Check
- Omnithopter: Check
- Holtzman shield: Check
- Sardauker: Check
- Baron Harkonnen: Check (albeit very briefly)
- Still-suits: Check
- Spice-eyes: Check
- Sandworm: Check
And it even a has a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse,” a nod to Jodorowsky’s planned but never-filmed version of Dune, which was to include music by Pink Floyd and Magma.
Only things missing: No Spacer Guild, and no Feyd-Rautha, which makes sense, since they’re only adapting the first half of the novel.
This one is still scheduled for December 18.
Mood: Cautious optimism.
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