3 reasons Dune (2020) should be a show, not a movie

Kyle MacLachlan, who starred as Paul Atreides in David Lynch's 1984 Dune, recently told IndieWire that Villeneuve’s two-movie roadmap might not be enough screen time to do the story justice. Here are three reasons he’s right.

MacLachlan puts it like this: "It’s incredibly dense, and a little bit like a house of cards. If you leave out one element of the story or another, the structure tends to wobble, and you don’t get the full effect."

The success of Game of Thrones and The Witcher proves this correct. Even if the adaptations aren't 100 percent faithful, more of the story can be told.

Gambling the Dune "brand" on a big blockbuster might not be the best way to sell this concept to the non-diehards. Modern TV (from GoT to Breaking Bad) shows us it's possible to develop a massive following gradually, over a longer period of time.