Not long after the release of Frank Herbert’s novel “Dune” in 1965, film studios set their sights on making a movie out of it. Three attempts in the 1970s with directors Arthur Jacobs, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Ridley Scott—for very different reasons—never got beyond the pre-production phase. In 1981, producer Dino De Laurentiis hired David Lynch to write and direct a version, which was released in 1984.
Film Review: ‘Dune’: Denis Villeneuve’s Uneven First Half of Herbert’s Epic Novel
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The landscapes in "Dune" can be breathtaking but dwarf the characters. Warner Bros.
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