Children of Dune
Sounds like someone is shopping around for a screenwriter for yet another film adaptation of Dune. Lynch took a stab at it (and was more successful, in my humble opinion) than he got credit for.
I was trying to imagine what an Aronofsky Dune would look like. Could he compress the complex cultural and political relationships in a coherent manner (perhaps the weakest point of Lynch’s attempt)? Could he convey the whole inner-thoughts conversational motif so well handled by Lynch?
It would probably end up being a two to three hour Clint Mansell and Mogwai-infused philosophical, impressionistic portrayal. It might be good, but I doubt it would do any better than Lynch at capturing the book’s real intent, which was deeply involved with telling a massive story within a massive world. These types of things defy visuals, which would be painful for a director so brilliant with visuals (hello, end of The Fountain!).