Pierre Morel To Direct Dune

It seems that Peter Berg's replacement as the director of the new Dune movie has been found and it isn't Neil Marshall. According to Entertainment Weekly, action specialist Pierre Morel, director of Taken, Banlieue 13 and the upcoming From Paris With Love has come on board. That's a real step up in my book.

They also report that a new writer will be assigned to help retrofit the project in keeping with Morel's vision. Is it reasonable to assume we're on for a rather ballistic version of the story? Frank Herbert purists are probably already gnashing their teeth while me, I'm rubbing my hands together in anticipation of something rather more slam, bam, thank you Melange. I'd also hazard a guess that Morel may go for a cast suitably short on WASPy types – at least, if the studio agrees.