Pierre Morel Talks Dune

Pierre Morel Talks Dune

Pierre Morel began a career as cinematographer for such films as "The Transporter" and "War",and then he worked his way to the directors chair in 2004 with his first film "District 13" , which was followed by the surprise hit "Taken" starring Liam Neeson and his upcoming film "From Paris with Love" Starring John Travolta

Now comes the hard part adapting Frank Herbert's novel "Dune" for the movie screens. A few have tried their hand at the film. (David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Can you talk a bit about your upcoming adaptation of Dune?

I'm preparing for a long trek in the dunes... We're going to start writing in a couple weeks. It's very early [in the] process.

Do you plan to infuse it with some action?

I don't know. It's all about—I'm a huge Dune fan, a reader, like for 30 years; I read it when I was a teenager. I've read it 10 times maybe, so I want to stay true to the book. Saying that, I also think that there's a lot of scenes that are not described in the books—it's just mentioned, like the bad guys attacking something—and it might make sense to include those in the movie, not just by mentioning it but showing them, and that would maybe [call for] some action scenes, yes. It's not about action. It's not the point. It's not about [making] an action movie. It's just doing Dune. It's like a huge universe thing, and there's such a fanbase, like guys who have been reading that forever—you can't mess with that.

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