Dune
Property lines
Intellectual property, how does it work?
Dreams are messages from the deep
Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune succeeds because it understands the grounded nature of Frank Herbert's novel
Inaudible
An audiobook narrator spent two months creating a new audio edition of Dune, only to discover that the entire project was a scam
Dune is a war epic
Frank Herbert's Dune has been adapted a handful of times, but I think this new adaptation captures a key part of the story that the others haven't: it's a story about war.
Warner Brothers' 2021 release schedule is a glimpse at the future of cinema
Dune is migrating to 2021
Another COVID casualty
Well, this isn’t a huge surprise: Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have
apparently bumped the release date of their adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune
from December 18th 2020 to October 1st, 2021, according to Variety
[https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/dune-release-date-delayed-2021-1234767105/]
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It’s the
Announcing New Worlds: The Story of Frank Herbert's Dune
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer
[https://www.tor.com/2020/09/09/dune-movie-denis-villeneuve-frank-herbert-trailer-watch/]
for its upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. The trailer looks really
fantastic: a faithful adaptation that really takes the source material
seriously. The original novel is one of my favorites, and I’ve
Dune's growing cinematic universe and Chernobyl / Roadside Picnic
Hello!
This is the Reading List part of this week’s newsletter (the other is the short
story, which you should have also received.)
First up: I’ll be at a couple of events with debut author Cadwell Turnbull
[https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/cadwell-turnbull-the-lesson-events-books-are-magic-yankee-bookshop-brooklyn-woodstock-event]
: one at Brooklyn’s Books