Has Peter Berg's DUNE Found A Writer??

Merrick here...
Looks like Josh Zetumer may be mounting the worm (wow, that sounds wrong); he seems to be headed towards scripting Peter Berg's DUNE adaptation for Paramount. Josh recently set up VILLAIN at 2929, which THE PRODUCTION COMPANY'S WEBSITE describes as being about...

a forest-fire spotter with a dark secret gets an unwelcome visit from his deranged brother in the remote, freezing wilderness of the U.S. Northwest.

Zetumer apparently tweaked the QUANTUM OF SOLACE screenplay as well; too bad he couldn't tweak the title.

No one involved would comment on Zetumer's take on the "Dune" saga.

...says THIS ARTICLE in the Hollywood Reporter. I say it should be a "reinvention" that casts Jack Black as an embittered, obtuse, overbearing Paul Atreides - whose irresistibly boyish edge restores harmony to a universe in conflict.