In 1973 , director and writer Alejandro Jodorowsky set about creating a cinematic adaptation , taking over the option that producer Arthur P. Jacobs had put on the film adaptation rights in 1973 shortly before his death . Jodorowsky approached , among others , Peter Gabriel , the prog rock groups Pink Floyd and Magma for some of the music , artists H. R. Giger and Jean Giraud for set and character design , Dan O'Bannon and Douglas Trumbull for special effects , and Salvador Dalí , Orson Welles , Gloria Swanson , David Carradine , and others for the cast . He began writing a vast script , so expansive that the movie was thought to potentially last 14 hours . The project , nevertheless , was nipped in the bud for financial reasons , leaving Jodorowsky 's unfinished handwritten script in a notebook that was partially published as a facsimile in 2012 as part of the '' 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts '' catalog of the 13th '' documenta '' exhibition . Frank Pavich directed a documentary about this unrealized project entitled '' Jodorowsky 's Dune '' , which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in May 2013 , and was released theatrically in March 2014
2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
Dune (franchise)