In August 2007, Byron Merritt—grandson of Dune author Frank Herbert—posted on a forum that negotiations for a new Dune movie...
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Mark got into Dune in the early 90s through computer games on the Amiga, followed by Lynch's film and reading Frank Herbert's novels at university. He started his website DuneInfo.com in 1994, after finding a copy of "The Making of Dune". He has contributed to multiple home video releases of Dune, and the 2013 "Jodorowsky's Dune" documentary. He lives in Leeds, U.K., with an ever growing Dune collection.
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