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Legendary Entertainment is said to be eyeing a move from its on-again, off-again home at Warner Bros. as its deal with that studio expired recently, Deadline has confirmed. Sony and Paramount are said to be in the mix, with the former a front-runner. Warner Bros. also has a new deal on the table for Legendary, which…

Production designer Patrice Vermette and set decorator Zsuzsanna Sipos took home statuettes for their work on Dune at the Oscars on Sunday, with Vermette paying “special” tribute to his “friend” Jean-Marc Vallée—the Canadian filmmaker behind Big Little Lies, Dallas Buyers Club and more, who died suddenly in December at…

At the 94th Oscars, Dune‘s Greig Fraser landed his first win for Best Cinematography, joking that he was happy his award was up early in the broadcast, so that he could “get out and get to the bar.” “Denis Villeneuve, sir, Master Denis,” Fraser continued, praising the film’s director. “He’s brought a whole group of…

While Hans Zimmer long ago established himself as one of cinema's most accomplished and influential composers, he’s continued in recent years to push boundaries and see what he can learn, finding the perfect opportunity to do so in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. On the sci-fi epic from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures…

Against all the odds, Denis Villeneuve has delivered the definitive adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 classic novel Dune. But a complex narrative and the difficulty of shooting a blockbuster in the scorching deserts of Wadi Rum, Jordan became the least of the challenges when a global pandemic threatened to disrupt the…

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…