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IMO, it would be far more difficult to make movies covering Frank Herbert's books after Dune Messiah. Especially Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune.

While I really enjoyed Dune: Part II, it in many ways compressed the developments the middle and ending of the book. Dune: Part I was much more aligned with pacing of the book; it covered the relatively short intro of the book. I would have much preferred if Dune: Part II was split into two parts; the rise of Muad'Dib (this would introduce us to on-going developments in Dune, broader history and world-building, as well as developing Paul and Jessica's Atreides characters) and a final movie dedicated to the narrative finale of Dune (1965).

An additional movie covering the events Dune Messiah would be a perfect fit to the "original trilogy". A postscript movie of sorts, before starting new trilogies based on the later books.

I am not just saying this as a Dune fanboy. I spoke to several people who don't normally watch sci-fi (let alone have an interest in Dune specifically), but who watched Dune Parts I/II and they all mentioned that Part II was difficult to follow and was a bit disjointed and that Part I had better pacing.

And no Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson novels. I admit I've only read one (I believe it was Dune: House Atreides from 1999), but it was complete dogshit and did not feel like a Dune novel. Felt more like a generic space scifi novel.

I’m all for doing the entire original 8 books. Game of Thrones would look normal by the time they were done and I’d relish the chaos.

I haven't been into dune until the films came out, but I've been aware of the shorthands and seen the David Lynch film while sick and failed to recall much. I liked the films mostly because of the visuals and soundtrack, and I got a bit more into them as I realised Paul's "destined one" stuff wasn't straight forward.

I want them to try to do the Sandworm God Emperor stuff. I'm afraid because the visuals of the scenes where Paul rides the worm in the sequel, and the sandworm blood drikning stuff to be REALLY disappointing.