Ridley Scott’s Failed Dune Movie Paved the Way For His Sci-Fi Masterpiece

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 3 releases on Dec. 16, completing what has so far been a phenomenal adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal space opera. While David Lynch’s surreal 1984 Dune has its defenders, Villeneuve’s version has been far more commercially and critically successful. He’s made some significant deviations from the source material, but overall has proved faithful to its characters and themes while assembling an all-star cast that shines in both dramatic action sequences and smaller scenes of tense intrigue.