Via Super Punch, we learn that a journalist writing for Wired! has uncovered the half-finished script treatment for David Lynch’s sequel to Dune, a follow up to the albeit flawed and disowned but beloved by many—considered canon and cult—to the director’s 1984 adaptation of the epic novel by Frank Herbert. Originally planned as a back-to-back shooting of both the second part and the third in the trilogy, Children of Dune, for 1986 with the same cast and starting pre-production work on models for special effects before the box-office failure to bring this saga ambitiously to the big screen, Max Evry had heard rumours of the lost screenplay while researching his book on Lynch’s version and was bowled over to actually track down and read the artefact. Although aspects of Dune II would appear even more unfilmable with the palace intrigues and most of the narrative focusing on the introspection of Paul Atreides as a “benevolent” but reluctant ruler, Lynch unfinished work suggests he could have pulled it off cinematically, with all the shape-shifting, reanimating and spell-binding arts in lieu of technical craft of the book. Much more at the links above.
one year ago: the first state lottery, voice-sampling, social media and mental health plus candid shots from the set of Hackers
two years ago: assorted links to revisit, The Night Stalker (1972) plus the Metric Marvels
three years ago: your daily demon: Orias, more links to enjoy plus a mechanical computer toy to teach logic
four years ago: Koyaansiqatsi in GIF form, more Roman holidays plus pet moss
five years ago: planned reforms for the US Patent Office
