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Legendary, ‘Dune’ Helmer Denis Villeneuve Re-Team On ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’

Legendary, 'Dune' Helmer Denis Villeneuve Re-Team On 'Nuclear War: A Scenario'

Denis Villeneuve, 'Nuclear War: A Scenario" by Annie JacobsenGetty Images EXCLUSIVE: In a deal worth $500,000 against $1.5 million, Legendary Entertainment has optioned Pulitzer Prize -finalist Annie Jacobsen ‘s nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario, as a potential reteam with its Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve. The expectation is that this would be a chilling cautionary tale about where the world might be headed in an age of political volatility at a time when too many countries have nuclear capabilities. That film, the second helmed by Adam Wingard and the fifth from Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise, just opened to a $251M worldwide tally so far in its first week in release.

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