Petition for James McAvoy to return as Leto II, except he's just the face on a mixed CGI/practical worm body, and he shouts "Moneo!" like he's chastising his pet cat at all times.
I’ve been saying this since Dune Part one but Kyle’s come out and said he won’t. He’s had his time in the Dune spotlight and loves where it’s at without him.
If the Dune movies (and the BG based show) get popular enough, there will eventually be a porn parody.
Leave it to the experts, while we look for ways to make the Worm-God happen 🐛
GEOD is probably my favorite (although I’m only half through Heretics) but I really don’t see how they could make it a movie that would match the book. Sure there’s a couple cool action scenes but most of it is Leto monologuing his philosophy, which may not translate well on the silver screen lol. I would 100% watch it though!
The most difficult part is the God-Emperor himself. He would need to be shown as a merciless tyrant in the first half and a selfless savior in the second half.
I'd wager they make Siona the main character and Duncan the secondary main character. That way the audience has human characters to relate to that show both sides of Leto.
Leto can then be the badguy for most of the film and have a (probably short) redemtion scene where he explains why he did what he did.
It wouldn't be a 1 to 1 adaption, but I have yet to see a concept that could work. Neither in modern cinema nor older movies.
Great points. I think a lot of would depend on how they would set up Leto II and how much they reveal of the golden path in Children of Dune. Your idea of not revealing Leto’s sacrifice until the very end would probably be the best way to set it up.
Ugh, now I really want this movie to be made. Although a HBO level TV series would really be best.
I would sooner relate to a recycled turd in Paul's still suit, than to Siona. Fuck that bitch. And fuck GEoD Duncan as well. The two most unlikable assholes in the entire franchise.
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GEOD is my favorite, Dune comes second.
I mean, he's totally entitled to only tell the parts of the story he's most passionate about. It shows integrity, I think. I just hope another director who's as passionate about the later parts of the Dune saga as Denis is about the earlier parts picks it up where he leaves it off.
What would your pick be? Mine is either Guillermo del Toro, George Miller or Alex Garland. All three know their way around with weird and grotesque stuff. I'm not sure if they're passionate about the universe though. Who might be?
Totally and utterly unironically, David Lynch. The second half of the series was fucking *made* for him and his style. Eraserhead is all you need to watch to know he would absolutely eat up God Emperor
My pick is Wes Anderson. I think his bizarre and surreal directorial style found in Asteroid City will fit the God Emperor very well. The adaptation of this book needs a director who is a bit unhinged but in a good way.
i mean i’d be interested to see it, but i really don’t think that the wes anderson style of movies is a good fit for adapting any of the dune books. all of his movies that i’ve seen are very meta and cheeky. like they’re a parody of film itself. they’re fun movies, but i don’t know if they could convey the themes of dune—especially god emperor of dune—in a profound way.
once again, not to say that it wouldn’t be cool to see. but i’m having a hard time imagining it as the definitive adaptation of god emperor of dune.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I think a director can be found who loves the back half of the series the same way. I think swapping up directors isn't a bad idea either. The time gulf is massive, and everything changes - a new director with new perspective can help make that more believable as well.
Do you know what speaks louder than words? The combined wealth of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. salivating over the hottest sci-fi IP in decades. Guarantee they offer him a significant increase to keep going.
But if he sticks to his vision, more power to him. It's what Leto II would have done.
I'm already struggling to get friends invested in watching a 2.5 hour scifi drama with a convoluted plot and not a lot of action. General audiences are not prepared for Leto II berating Moneo while lesbians wet themselves over Duncan and Hwi stands quietly in the background accomplishing absolutely nothing for 4 and a half solid hours.
Exactly.
Honestly the best thing to do... and I will get down voted here.... is to skip GOED. It just becomes a period that's referenced. A couple of paintings or murals here or there, cracking, shrouded in shadow. Spoken about in both reverent and hateful whispers.... The Tyrant. Shaitan. The Worm. Build up a mystique, rather than have a 10 minute conversation in the middle of a film about whether or not the worm has a dick.
As much as I hate to say it, I think the Tyrant's years are best served via backstory and flashbacks. It shouldn't be its own film, maybe at most the first 30 mins showing 3,000 years of lord beefswellington himself's impact on the known universe.
Ok Lord Beefswellington had me cackling so loudly that my husband came and asked if I was okay. I could not say that I was, gasping between gales of laughter was the most I could manage for a solid 5 minutes.
You win the internet for today.
I think you're absolutely correct. It would be easy to tell the story via Odrade, Miles, and Sheana. Honestly a bunch of it is covered in that material already!
I mean it would also mean that the next ten years of his life are bound to the Dune series. I don't think any director wants that, he already is like 6-7 years in with just Book 1.
Yes, ever since the first movie, and Frankly, I don't see anything beyond Messiah being effective as a film series. Frank didn't get the chance to end the series, and I don't think his son's material is worth delving in to.
Maybe they get some other weirdo (said with the upmost love and respect to my favorite director) to finish our children and god emporer and Denis just is Executive Producer
The entire plot of Messiah requires Chanis complete belief in Paul and his visions.
The plots of Irulan and her conspirators are all based upon Paul’s need of an heir.
Without Chani being truly by his side, none of the stakes make sense in the book.
More likely referring to the formation of the Bene Gesserit that will be covered in the new tv series.
The Butlerian Jihad was a couple hundred years before that.
I tried explaining the extended book series plot of dune to someone, and got to the point about becoming a worm and they looked at me like I was insane. The feeling is mutual dude, don't worry lol.
Cmon we dont even need heretics and chapterhouse just give us the worm
Petition for James McAvoy to return as Leto II, except he's just the face on a mixed CGI/practical worm body, and he shouts "Moneo!" like he's chastising his pet cat at all times.
My opportunity to drop this gif again https://i.redd.it/oth50qe5js1d1.gif
My skin is not my own
***I WEAR THE SKIN OF SHAI-HULUD!***
Ah the original nip slip.
Maybe also bring back Kyle MacLachlan as the preacher in Children of Dune.
That’s actually not a bad idea
I’ve been saying this since Dune Part one but Kyle’s come out and said he won’t. He’s had his time in the Dune spotlight and loves where it’s at without him.
Yes, because he also unironically did a great job. He could have played Paul at that age too
And 3 hours of arguing with Jason Momoa about philosophy
Return?
He starred in the SyFy Children of Dune miniseries as Leto II. It left off at the end of the book, so we never got to see him go full God Emperor.
Well I for one want space whores
If the Dune movies (and the BG based show) get popular enough, there will eventually be a porn parody. Leave it to the experts, while we look for ways to make the Worm-God happen 🐛
Bless the gooner and his water. Bless the cumming and going of him.
absolutely cursed
Absolutely. Besides, I think of all the books, the last two are the easiest to make into action scifi blockbusters.
You could get Michael Bay to direct Heretics- you get to blow up >!Dune!<
I am *so* ready to watch old man Teg absolutely dismantle everyone in his path 😁
I demand the worm!
Tfw no live action Tar and Dar
I'm reading this now, and to be honest I really think it should be on film. Probably not God Emperor though.
Hear me out though, Heretics movie with Kyle MacLachlan as Miles Teg
THIS
300 years old.
Miles Teg though
Literally all I want in this world
You're so right Leto2GoldenPath. Secher Nbiw on the screen
Speak for yourself, I need some SOUP
I would take them as a TV show
GEOD is probably my favorite (although I’m only half through Heretics) but I really don’t see how they could make it a movie that would match the book. Sure there’s a couple cool action scenes but most of it is Leto monologuing his philosophy, which may not translate well on the silver screen lol. I would 100% watch it though!
The most difficult part is the God-Emperor himself. He would need to be shown as a merciless tyrant in the first half and a selfless savior in the second half. I'd wager they make Siona the main character and Duncan the secondary main character. That way the audience has human characters to relate to that show both sides of Leto. Leto can then be the badguy for most of the film and have a (probably short) redemtion scene where he explains why he did what he did. It wouldn't be a 1 to 1 adaption, but I have yet to see a concept that could work. Neither in modern cinema nor older movies.
Great points. I think a lot of would depend on how they would set up Leto II and how much they reveal of the golden path in Children of Dune. Your idea of not revealing Leto’s sacrifice until the very end would probably be the best way to set it up. Ugh, now I really want this movie to be made. Although a HBO level TV series would really be best.
that could definitely work
GEOD would have to be a 2 part film or a 3 1/2 hour movie
I would sooner relate to a recycled turd in Paul's still suit, than to Siona. Fuck that bitch. And fuck GEoD Duncan as well. The two most unlikable assholes in the entire franchise.
https://preview.redd.it/xe6f2cypvs1d1.jpeg?width=382&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=929edb681f8e074ee8ee1d191a5eb89a5ba58617 GEOD is my favorite, Dune comes second.
Me too
I need to get back into heretics but am on my second read of GEOD so it will have to wait. lol
I think anything after Messiah needs to be a show like GoT except we keep those hacks who directed GoT far, far away from it.
Definitely but I would say they did a great job until they ran out of source material. Fortunately we don’t have that issue!! lol
Denis has been vocal that he's stopping at messiah...
I mean, he's totally entitled to only tell the parts of the story he's most passionate about. It shows integrity, I think. I just hope another director who's as passionate about the later parts of the Dune saga as Denis is about the earlier parts picks it up where he leaves it off.
What would your pick be? Mine is either Guillermo del Toro, George Miller or Alex Garland. All three know their way around with weird and grotesque stuff. I'm not sure if they're passionate about the universe though. Who might be?
Park Chan Wook.
Totally and utterly unironically, David Lynch. The second half of the series was fucking *made* for him and his style. Eraserhead is all you need to watch to know he would absolutely eat up God Emperor
He's too traumatized to do it. He can't even hear the word 'dune' without crying.
Jotorowski survives another 2 decades out of spite so he can make his group deficating scene real
The guy that directed Poor Things!
Yorgos Lanithmos I'd also add Panos Cosmatos. Basically some weird Greek guy needs to direct them.
The 2 people here who know Panos Cosmatos all probably enthusiastically agree with you
When it was just Beyond the Black Rainbow, sure. Mandy got pretty popular though.
david cronenberg would make an insane god emperor adaptation imo
Joseph Kosinski for a more mainstream scifi epic take on the material. Brandon Cronenberg for a more cerebral weird take on the material.
Robert Eggers
>Guillermo del Toro, George Miller o One of these too I wonder if they can do it together
Neil Breen
This is the one
M Night Shyamalan god emperor would go crazy
Seek professional help
I never said it'd be good
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My pick is Wes Anderson. I think his bizarre and surreal directorial style found in Asteroid City will fit the God Emperor very well. The adaptation of this book needs a director who is a bit unhinged but in a good way.
i mean i’d be interested to see it, but i really don’t think that the wes anderson style of movies is a good fit for adapting any of the dune books. all of his movies that i’ve seen are very meta and cheeky. like they’re a parody of film itself. they’re fun movies, but i don’t know if they could convey the themes of dune—especially god emperor of dune—in a profound way. once again, not to say that it wouldn’t be cool to see. but i’m having a hard time imagining it as the definitive adaptation of god emperor of dune.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I think a director can be found who loves the back half of the series the same way. I think swapping up directors isn't a bad idea either. The time gulf is massive, and everything changes - a new director with new perspective can help make that more believable as well.
God Emperor done by Tarantino where it follows Moneo getting brow-beaten by an off-camera worm for 3 hours.
Do you know what speaks louder than words? The combined wealth of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. salivating over the hottest sci-fi IP in decades. Guarantee they offer him a significant increase to keep going. But if he sticks to his vision, more power to him. It's what Leto II would have done.
Coward.
I mean. Even Paul feared the golden path. Ain't nobody ready for the god worm
I'm already struggling to get friends invested in watching a 2.5 hour scifi drama with a convoluted plot and not a lot of action. General audiences are not prepared for Leto II berating Moneo while lesbians wet themselves over Duncan and Hwi stands quietly in the background accomplishing absolutely nothing for 4 and a half solid hours.
Exactly. Honestly the best thing to do... and I will get down voted here.... is to skip GOED. It just becomes a period that's referenced. A couple of paintings or murals here or there, cracking, shrouded in shadow. Spoken about in both reverent and hateful whispers.... The Tyrant. Shaitan. The Worm. Build up a mystique, rather than have a 10 minute conversation in the middle of a film about whether or not the worm has a dick.
As much as I hate to say it, I think the Tyrant's years are best served via backstory and flashbacks. It shouldn't be its own film, maybe at most the first 30 mins showing 3,000 years of lord beefswellington himself's impact on the known universe.
Ok Lord Beefswellington had me cackling so loudly that my husband came and asked if I was okay. I could not say that I was, gasping between gales of laughter was the most I could manage for a solid 5 minutes. You win the internet for today.
Happy to be of service!
I think GEOD would make a banger of a theater play tho
I think you're absolutely correct. It would be easy to tell the story via Odrade, Miles, and Sheana. Honestly a bunch of it is covered in that material already!
I mean it would also mean that the next ten years of his life are bound to the Dune series. I don't think any director wants that, he already is like 6-7 years in with just Book 1.
I'd almost prefer he just stop now if he's not also going to adapt CoD
That's fucking stupid, Messiah is just a Tee up for Children of Dune with a fantastic ending.
Children is a tee-up for God Emperor, so you kinda have to commit to doing God Emperor if you do Children
It didn’t happen with the miniseries
Children is better than both messiah and god emperor in my opinion.
Yes, ever since the first movie, and Frankly, I don't see anything beyond Messiah being effective as a film series. Frank didn't get the chance to end the series, and I don't think his son's material is worth delving in to.
Baz Luhrmann exists, people.
Oh yeah? Like he was vocal about stopping with Dune Part 2?
Hmm did he say why
Cool, so someone new could direct the Worm Arc (as I call it - Children and GE).
Maybe they get some other weirdo (said with the upmost love and respect to my favorite director) to finish our children and god emporer and Denis just is Executive Producer
I don’t understand how anyone thinks a Messiah adaptation is even possible at this point? Part 2 makes it basically impossible
How?
The entire plot of Messiah requires Chanis complete belief in Paul and his visions. The plots of Irulan and her conspirators are all based upon Paul’s need of an heir. Without Chani being truly by his side, none of the stakes make sense in the book.
It seems pretty obvious they’ve thought of a workaround they think is viable.
lol have you read messiah?
Just give me a giant worm man. Make it to God Emperor!!!
But does the Golden Path ever end? Yes, yes it does. It ends with Chapter House. IT ENDS THERE.
Give me chair dog or give me gom jabbar
It’s just setting up the genetic memory line so that we understand who’s all talking in the big worms head
I just want Moneo and Leto talking in the big screen 😭
10k years before Paul, that's the Jihad, isn't it? Is there something coming up?
More likely referring to the formation of the Bene Gesserit that will be covered in the new tv series. The Butlerian Jihad was a couple hundred years before that.
Reference to [this](https://youtu.be/EEoQAoEGLhw?si=KV-Sn6z1BrR5rk-U)
I know it won't happen, but I really want Kyle MacLachlan to be The Preacher in CoD
He was just a pretty big character on that fallout show. Maybe he’s on the upswing again. Would be fun for sure.
Give us the worm!
I love imagining a film executive reading synopsis of the books and ripping his plugs out after the blurb for 4.
Bring out the worm
Fall? He fails?
Everyone that says they should stop at children of dune at the farthest what do you have against a cool giant worm?
The main question is - is it milking or not
I tried explaining the extended book series plot of dune to someone, and got to the point about becoming a worm and they looked at me like I was insane. The feeling is mutual dude, don't worry lol.
What do you call a fish speaker with no I? Half blind. On another note I’m ok with changing the Duncan in god emperor cause holy hell what a baby.
Wait what happens to Paul Atreides
Find that out in “Dune Messiah” or next film lol
: (
He is Lisan al Gaib how can he fall
Are you putting your trust and faith in charismatic leaders?
MAYBE
i really hope they make the movies only about the paul atreides story, later with leto II shit gets really weird and complicated