In 1976, Producer Dino De Laurentiis purchased the rights and attempted to start production with a pre-Alien Ridley Scott on board. In 1974 though, the feature film rights for Dune were purchased by a French consortium and Alejandro Jodorowsky was given the director’s chair for what would have been probably the most insane film ever made if it got through the pre-production phase. ![]() Jacobs (Planet of the Apes) gained the feature film rights to Dune, but sadly died in 1973. You could also throw the five PC games and handful of RPG’s that also expand the Dune universe. The count now stands at nineteen published novels which have been written / overseen by Frank son’s Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson using notes and memories from Frank Herbert’s estate. McNelly though approved and endorsed by Herbert) making up two Dune Trilogies in total. Before his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had published six novels (seven if you include the encyclopedia of Dune by Willis E. ![]() The world of Dune has expanded immensely over the years in the book section since then. Dune was first released in 1965 by author Frank Herbert and became one of the most important science fiction novels of the 20 th century.
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