Post by jdv on Nov 5, 2021 12:33:55 GMT -5
It's a weird time in Hollywood - Marvel movies are bombing, there are zero comedies coming out, and James Bond might be dead.
So I guess it makes sense that DUNE has been green-lit even though it will likely lose over $100 million.
That's b/c even though it's now grossed $300 mil world-wide, and has probably driven a certain number of people to HBO Max, it probably needed to gross $500 mil just to break even after you count the expense of ads.
But, given the fact that there are lots more books (and the fact the DUNE stops half way through the first book), I guess it makes a certain amount of long term sense.