Rare 1970s 'Dune' storyboard heads to Christie's auction next month

According to auction house Christie's, there are only about 10 copies of this 'Dune' storyboard. Photo: AFP

Dune was long said to be cursed on the big screen, until Denis Villeneuve's recent adaptation. Now, Christie's is hoping that the sci-fi saga will meet the same success at auction. In November, the auction house will offer a storyboard of Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated adaptation of Dune.

This manuscript has become legendary among science fiction fans since producer Michel Seydoux asked Franco-Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky to adapt Frank Herbert's cult book in the early 1970s. It was a mammoth project that was to bring together Salvador Dalí, Mick Jagger, Orson Wells, David Carradine and Alain Delon on the cast.