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cgod  ·  1536 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dune: the Trailer has Awoken

Why remake Dune?

I'm all for it but what drives a person and company to do it?





johnnyFive  ·  1535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For the company, I'm sure it's the hope that it will be profitable. For the director:

    ...a longstanding dream of mine is to adapt Dune.
OftenBen  ·  1536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Money, and Hollywood will NEVER spend money on an original IP when they can do a remake with 20x the budget.