Pierre Morel ( Taken ) has reportedly cease as director of Frank Herbert ’s Dune , which Peter Berg was also on control board to direct at one point . And unless Paramount can get the motion-picture show up and run by spring , they ’ll mislay the right .
fit in to Deadline , Paramount face a “ ticking clock berth ” over Dune , which is seeking a young director in the wake of Morel ’s departure . ( Morel will still be credited as an executive producer . ) The film has a strong script — Morel play with writer Chase Palmer to revise the screenplay that Berg had been working with — but Paramount could still walk off . sound out Deadline :
Despite the retick clock , Paramount is proceeding as cautiously as it would on any project that will carry a terms - shred well northwards of $ 100 million . Unless studio apartment brass is absolutely sure-footed by the time the buzzer goes off , Paramount will kiss the project goodbye . It will forego the six figures it has paid in option costs and risk development cost , though it could recoup some of the latter if another backer embraces the handwriting Paramount yield Palmer to publish .
Part of the job ? Paramount has to concur with the Herbert estate on a director — and the Herbert estate is represent by Richard P. Rubinstein , who bring forth the Syfy miniseries . total to that the studio ’s foot - dragging on send to spending over $ 100 million to remake a film that flopped in the 1980s , and you have a office that could prevent us from fancy another big - screen Dune adaptation for years .
There are two best - case scenario : Either Paramount finds another conductor and start its routine together in the next few month , or the Herbert demesne turns around and sell the rights to a studio that ’s willing to move faster . The absolute bad - fount scenario is that the Herbert estate feel a studio that ’s willing to do a Dune film rapidly — and badly . Fingers crossed . [ Deadline ]
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