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Denis Villeneuve told the audience at Contenders London today that embarking on an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi book Dune was the "project of a lifetime" for him. Speaking to Deadline's Executive Awards Editor Joe Utichi, Villeneuve said he'd read the book at 13 or 14 when he was first discovering…

Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures' sci-fi epic Dune is starting early rollout this weekend, looking to capitalize on momentum coming off of its star-packed world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which was followed by an event at Paris' Grand Rex cinema and screenings in Deauville and Toronto — all in just the past…

Denis Villeneuve's Dune had its official world premiere here at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening and had the Sala Grande reverberating like a thropter as it gave the adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi classic a seven-minute standing ovation. Deadline was present and timed the applause, which ended…

EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Fraser (No Sudden Move) has joined the casts of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers. The former title from Apple TV + and Paramount Pictures is a crime drama, based on the bestselling book of the same name by David Grann. It’s set in 1920s Oklahoma and will…

The Venice Film Festival has confirmed that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will make its world premiere out of competition at the 78th edition in September. As Deadline reported in May, the film had been expected on the Lido. From Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, Dune is the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of…

Fede Alvarez, the writer and director behind Sony’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web starring Claire Foy, and his writing partner Rodolfo Sayagues have closed an overall deal with Legendary Pictures. Under the pact, Alvarez and Sayagues will create, develop and produce films through their Bad Hombre Films banner staring…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to Bitter Root, the acclaimed horror-action series from Image Comics that centers on an African-American family of monster hunters who ply their trade in New York City during the stirring era of the Jazz Age. Bitter Root is set in 1924 against the…

Legendary Pictures has come aboard a live-action film based on Gundam, the popular Mecha anime and sci-fi franchise from Japan’s Sunrise Inc. The two companies will team to produce the first-ever live-action take on the property, and made the announcement at Anime Expo which kicked off today at the Los Angeles…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired Spectral, the Legendary Pictures-produced action sci-fi film that stars James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer and Bruce Greenwood. Nic Mathieu directed it. Netflix has set it for a December 9 global release. A brilliant DARPA scientist embarks on a deadly mission with a Special Ops team of…

Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have dropped the latest trailer for Kong: Skull Island, the reimagining of the mythic ape’s origins from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly star in the movie that unleashes the beast in March 2017. Following…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Pictures has closed a deal for Adria Arjona to join Pacific Rim 2 alongside John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian and Cailee Spaeny. Steven S. DeKnight is directing the sequel based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham. Arjona headlines NBC’s upcoming series Emerald City…

EXCLUSIVE: After Nintendo’s $9 billion 25% stock price jump followed the launch of the Pokemon Go mobile game in the U.S., all Hollywood has renewed the chase for a deal to turn Pokemon into a feature film. I’m told that Legendary Pictures is moving toward a deal to land the rights to make a live-action film based on…