Editing Dune (1984 film) (section)

===Early attempts and Jodorowsky's ''Dune''===
After the book's initial success, producers began attempting to adapt it. In mid-1971, film producer [[Arthur P. Jacobs]] optioned the [[film rights]] to [[Frank Herbert]]'s 1965 novel ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', on agreement to produce a film within nine years, but died in mid-1973, while plans for the film (including [[David Lean]] already attached to direct) were still in development.<ref name="nytimes production">{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/movies/the-world-of-dune-is-filmed-in-mexico.html | title = The World Of 'Dune' Is Filmed In Mexico | first = Aljean | last = Harmetz | date = September 4, 1983 | access-date = October 31, 2021 | work = [[The New York Times]] | archive-date = November 1, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211101030112/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/movies/the-world-of-dune-is-filmed-in-mexico.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="BookToScreenTimeline">{{cite web |url=http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/timeline.asp |title=''Dune'': Book to Screen Timeline |website=DuneInfo |access-date=January 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517163719/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/timeline.asp |archive-date=May 17, 2011}}</ref>

The film rights reverted in 1974, when the option was acquired by a French consortium led by Jean-Paul Gibon, with [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] attached to direct.<ref name="nytimes production"/> Jodorowsky approached contributors including the [[progressive rock]] groups [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Magma (band)|Magma]] for some of the music, [[Dan O'Bannon]] for the visual effects, and artists [[H. R. Giger]], [[Jean Giraud]], and [[Chris Foss]] for set and character design. Potential cast included [[Salvador Dalí]] as the Emperor, [[Orson Welles]] as Baron Harkonnen, [[Mick Jagger]] as Feyd-Rautha, [[Udo Kier]] as Piter De Vries, [[David Carradine]] as Leto Atreides, Jodorowsky's son [[Brontis Jodorowsky]] as Paul Atreides, and [[Gloria Swanson]].<ref name="Metal hurlant">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp |title=''Dune: Le Film Que Voue Ne Verrez Jamais'' |trans-title=''Dune'': The Film You Will Never See |first=Alejandro |last=Jodorowsky |author-link=Alejandro Jodorowsky |magazine=[[Métal hurlant]] |issue=107 |year=1985 |via=DuneInfo |access-date=February 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429101454/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp |archive-date=April 29, 2011}}</ref> The project was ultimately canceled for several reasons, largely because funding disappeared when the project ballooned to a 10–14 hour epic.<ref>{{cite AV media | title =[[Jodorowsky's Dune]] |people=[[Frank Pavich]] (director) |date=2013 |medium=Documentary}}</ref>

Although their film project never reached production, the work that Jodorowsky and his team put into ''Dune'' significantly impacted subsequent science-fiction films. In particular, ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), written by O'Bannon, shared much of the same creative team for the visual design as had been assembled for Jodorowsky's film. A documentary, ''[[Jodorowsky's Dune]]'' (2013), was made about Jodorowsky's failed attempt at an adaptation.<ref name="Variety Cannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/hold-directors-fortnight-1200407774/ |title=U.S. Fare Looms Large in Directors' Fortnight |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Elsa |last=Keslassy |date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=April 30, 2013 |archive-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426003118/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/hold-directors-fortnight-1200407774/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Deadline Sony">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/jodorowskys-dune-movie-sony-pictures-classics-acquires-539001/ |title=Sony Classics Acquires Cannes Docu ''Jodorowsky's Dune'' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=July 11, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210231123/http://deadline.com/2013/07/jodorowskys-dune-movie-sony-pictures-classics-acquires-539001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>