Dune Scripts

Jodorowsky's Dune

Interested in learning about Jodorowsky's script for Dune? Please visit Jodorowsky's Dune - Uncovered

Denis Villeneuve - Dune 2021

June 19, 2020 - Final Shooting Draft
The Final Shooting Draft of Dune 2021, written by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.

Frank Herbert's Dune Mini-series

The scripts from the 3 part mini-series, written by John Harrison.

Children of Dune Mini-series

The scripts from the last 2 nights of the 3 part mini-series, written by John Harrison.

Paramount's Dune

The scripts from Paramount's failed attempt to make Dune from 2007-2011.

David Lynch's Dune

1st Draft
The first draft of Dune, written by David Lynch, Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren (the script writers for The Elephant Man) is 125 pages long, and is very different from the final film, not least as in this draft the entire movie covers just the first third of the novel! This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

2nd Draft
Here is the Second Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on May 29, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

5th Draft (Revised)
Here is the Revised Fifth Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on August 27, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

6th Draft
Here is the Sixth Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on December 9, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

7th Draft
Here is the Seventh Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on December 9, 1983. The script is available in two formats, a PDF and an HTML version.

Arthur P. Jacobs

Joe Ford & Bob Greenhut
On 31 March 1972 Joe Ford & Bob Greenhut completed a 38 page Expanded Screen Treatment of Dune for Arthur P. Jacobs.