Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 Director Will Helm Dune Reboot

Worming his way in.

By Joe Skrebels

Denis Villeneuve has officially signed on to direct the reboot of Dune.

Announced by the son of Dune author Frank Herbert, the Prisoners and Sicario director has teamed with Legendary to helm the project:

It's official -- Legendary Pictures has signed the very talented Denis Villeneuve to direct the exciting new DUNE series film project.

— Brian Herbert (@DuneAuthor) February 1, 2017

Villeneuve has been in talks to direct the film since last year, but this announcement makes it official. He will presumably begin work on the project following his involvement in another high-profile reboot, Blade Runner 2049.

The Canadian director is building quite a sci-fi pedigree, having scored Best Picture and Best Director Oscar nominations for last year's Arrival.

Dune has repeatedly been adapted and, almost as frequently, failed to have been adapted to film. Alongside David Lynch's cult 1984 film and a Syfy miniseries, both avant-garde artist Alejandro Jodorowsky and Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg have had Dune projects collapse.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor and Denis Villeneuve is new favourite cool guy. Follow him on Twitter.

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