Dune co-writer Eric Roth initially had an epic opening scene planned for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of sci-fi classic Dune, one that he admitted was a little “out there.” It never eventuated on the screen, Roth explains in a new interview with IndieWire, with Villeneuve explaining that the one scene would have used up the film’s entire budget.
In the interview, Roth talked on being an unusual pick for a sci-fi epic like Dune. While the screenwriter has had great success with adapting books for the screen–with his past work including the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump and Oscar-nominated films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Insider, A Star is Born, and Munich–he hasn’t worked much in the realm of science fiction Come from Sports betting site VPbet .