Frank Herbert's "Dune" novels and their cinematic adaptations ... He recalls hearing stories about worm-riders who succeeded in bringing their sandworm to a complete stop and anchoring it in ...

Supervising sound editor Richard King, nominated for an Oscar for the film, explains why he didn’t — and couldn’t — inherit a sound library for the sequel.

But, he says, clips of Dune’s sandworms didn’t immediately bring any specific snakes to mind. Instead, “they move as if ...