<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@monkey1" class="u-url mention">@<span>monkey1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> I don't know if there are enough Dune book readers left among the movie-going populace to justify that budget. More likely it was slightly more meaty source material than Star Wars or MCU. The movies do make changes from the books, for the better, movie-wise, but not nearly as much as, say, Blade Runner. I agree that more deviations were probably needed to make the films more broadly accessible. (All that text at the beginning is a dead giveaway.)</p>
