Director Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Friday Night Light) will be tackling a new adaptation of the classic Frank Herbert Sci-Fi Novel Dune for Paramount.Set on the planet Arrakis, a power struggle takes place over the control over the Universe’s single source of the spice Melange. The film is being produced by Kevin Mishner, and the producers of the Sci-Fi Channel adaptations of the same novel.
The last feature adaptation of Dune was by Director David Lynch in 1984, and starred William Hurt.