In the novel, Paul Atreides is compared explicitly to Adolf Hitler. This market pertains to a potential third movie in the current feature film franchise. Hitler's name or a direct title such as "The Fuhrer" would count for Yes, but merely mentioning World War 2 would not.
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I'd guess not, 6 percent is low enough that I don't want to tie points up in it.
Maybe it goes unnoticed, the line from the books would have been a much more immediate contemporary reference. That's why it seems more jarring now then when Dune Messiah was published.
I suspect movie will either say something more broadly about 20th century totalitarianism, or maybe pick an even older reference (ghengis khan?).
they didn’t even use the word “Jihad” in Dune 2. I don’t think it’s remotely likely that a major studio movie compares the protagonist of its blockbuster to Hitler. Studios hate hate haaaaaate that kind of controversy. That’s not how Hollywood operates.
There’s a lot that they’re gonna have to change when adapting dune messiah. The weirdly specific Hitler comparison (that many found jarring in the already extremely weird book!) won’t make the first draft (not that the studio would ever allow it if it did lol)
@Ziddletwix I think you're right, though I will say Hitler has slightly different considerations than jihad. Including jihad risks seeming anti-woke or vaguely Islamophobic. Mentioning Hitler is less likely to run into problems like that. I do agree it's overall unlikely, I think a vague allusion to WW2 or the holocaust is more likely to a direct reference (if anything), which would still resolve this market NO