The "Arrival" director Denis Villeneuve is in negotiations to helm the "Dune" reboot.
Legendary Pictures picked up the film and television rights to Frank Herbert's classic science-fiction novel last month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie which is cross of themes like politics, religion and nature, follows Paul Atreides, whose family controls the desert planet Arrakis, which is the only producer of a highly valuable resource, spice melange. When Paul and his family are betrayed, he leads a rebellion to regain control of the desert planet.
The 1984 adaptation of the 1965 novel was directed by David Lynch.
Thomas Tull, Mary Parent and Cale Boyter will produce the new "Dune" adaptation, with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert serving as executive producers.
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