However, the De Laurentiis Corp still retains the rights to the films they produced even after the license to make the film expires. They certainly no longer hold the rights to make films on the property, as neither are involved in the 2020 Dune film. Now, it’s improbable that either De Laurentiis Corp or Universal still hold any rights over the games. EA buys Westwood and all associated assets, but some time after Emperor: Battle for Dune, the rights they held expired, reverting back to the prior owner. Virgin Games then licensed the rights from these two to make games on the film. Herbert licensed the media rights to Apjac in the early 70s, but these rights changed hands several times, eventually going to the De Laurentiis Corporation, who produced the film, distributed by Universal Studios. ![]() The Frank Herbert Estate is of course the arbiter to the Dune property overall. This creates a messy scenario who actually owns the rights to the Dune games? ![]() ![]() “Dune is a trademark of Dino De Laurentiis Corporation and licensed by MCA / Universal Merchandising.” Every Dune RTS has some variation of this as part of its license. Martin Alper hadn’t licensed the rights to make games based on the Dune books, but on the Dune film. Sadly no Dune game is currently possible.
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