Moebius Concept Art for Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Characters
The film version of Dune directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky may be the most famous movie that was never made. Jodorowsky signed on to film Frank Herbert’s award-winning novel in 1974, and assembled a bizarre, celebrity-studded team with the goal of crafting a 10-hour adaptation. Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Gloria Swanson, David Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Alain Delon, Hervé Villechaize, and Mick Jagger were attached. Pink Floyd would do the soundtrack. And the film’s visuals would be in the hands of Chris Foss, H.R. Giger, and Moebius. The artists got to work on their designs (with Dan O’Bannon enlisted for special effects) but money ran out fairly quickly. All we have of the movie that would have been is a folder of visual fragments and the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune.
Chris Foss was in charge of designing the spaceships, while Giger got started on creepy architecture. Moebius concentrated on the cast of characters:
House Harkonnen
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Feyd-Rautha Rabban and Piter De Vries
Glossu the Beast Rabban
House Atreides
Duke Leto Atreides
Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica
Duncan Idaho, Gurney Halleck, and Thufir Hawat
Dr. Wellington Yueh
House Corrino
The Emperor of the Galaxy Padishah Shaddam IV and Imperian Count Fenring
Sardaukars
A Sardaukar
Other Characters
The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and Liet-Kynes
A member of the Spacing Guild and a Spice Smuggler
Representatives of minor houses
The African, the Russo-American, the Chinese…?
Sources group these drawings with Moebius’ Dune concept art, although how they relate to the Dune saga isn’t clear. If anyone knows, leave a comment.
The African and a Russo-American Chief
Chinese Chief and Chinese Buffoon
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