Yep, way back in 2007 it was announced that Frank Herbert's masterpiece was going to be adapted once again, this time by The Rundown and Hancock director Peter Berg (Berg worked with producer Kevin Misher on that film). Now chaps over at io9 talked with Misher recently and got an update on the project. Before asking about its status, they had to ask Misher why he even wanted to remake Dune. "It's one of my favorite books of all time, and I made a movie with Pete called The Rundown, which people seemed to like a little bit, so we decided to get back together. Pete had loved the book as well. It's a great opportunity for us." At least we know he has good intentions. The project is in development at Paramount, but when it was announced, a script hadn't even been written. So where is it now? "We're working on the script right now. We're going to turn it in shortly. The script is coming in, we're hoping to get a green light shortly. " And as for one final important question - are they still going to have the blue spice-eyes? "Yes, of course. Spice is part of the book."

Well, I really liked the Sci-fi miniseries from 2000. Both Dune and Children of Dune. Great acting, great drama (despite the low budget), and it just suceeded and playing up the important aspects from the books. I found the stuff they cut were things they didn't need anyway. That's what sucked about David Lynch's version. He kept in the weirdest things from the books, like heart plugs and those voice things, and then got rid of important plot developments that made the movie SO confusing :-\ If you haven't seen Sci-fi's 2 mini-series's, than you should. They're really good. This movie doesn't need to be made again. They should continue the series on sci-fi with God Emperor of Dune.