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Big expectations are riding on the fourth adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction epic after three previous fails

Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction epic Dune has had an uneasy time when it comes to on-screen adaptation.

The book set the standard for the subgenre of ecological science-fiction; envisioned such a carefully thought out and created literary universe as to make it to the genre what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy; and became the best-selling science fiction. One would think that it would have been an early candidate for big-screen adaptation...

 

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