This Dune villain had a much larger role in the original 1965 novel, and by Denis Villeneuve cutting him, there's almost no ...

Dune: Prophecy gives fans a look at the setting long before the rise of Paul Atreides, but it misses a key point of author ...

Frank Herbert wrote six “Dune” books while he was alive, but there are actually 26 “Dune” books. After Herbert died, his son, Brian Herbert, ...

Denis Villeneuve first read Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 sci-fi novel “Dune” when he was around 13, and for an impressionable future filmmaker growing up in Quebec, Canada, the book was like ...

"Dune" is the latest movie adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel of the same name, and its story was first inspired by encroaching sand dunes in Florence.

Herbert’s story of young aristocrat Paul Atreides, along with maps, appendixes, glossary and epigrams ran to more than 500 pages. After almost two years, the book took off in 1967.

Herbert was born October 8, 1920, in Tacoma. Growing up around Puget Sound, he gained his appreciation for the beauties of the natural world here and found himself drawn back to the area.

On top of the praise from Brian Herbert, the film has received an overwhelmingly positive response from critics. It currently has a remarkable 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 144 critic write-ups.

“Frank Herbert won the most prestigious awards in science fiction. Geographic features on Saturn’s moon Titan are named after words coined by him. And yet, not many people know he’s a native ...

Legendary has just acquired film and TV rights to Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel Dune after coming to agreement with the Herbert estate. This is not the first time Dune has been ...

"The thing that polluted Frank Herbert's hometown so badly, and inspired him to write the environmentalism into ‘Dune,’ also formed that land that’s going to become a park,” Hanberg said.

Herbert’s story of young aristocrat Paul Atreides, along with maps, appendixes, glossary and epigrams ran to more than 500 pages. After almost two years, the book took off in 1967.