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Alejandro Jodorowsky had originally planned on filming Dune in the early 70s. As told in the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), he set out to make "a [world-changing] prophet of cinema", enlisting the help of Jean 'Moebius' Giraud (Moebius), Chris Foss and H.R. Giger to design an unprecedented visual style, and Dan O'Bannon to create the special effects. Salvador Dalí was enlisted to play the part of the Emperor, and Jodorowsky also intended to cast his own son, Brontis Jodorowsky, as Paul, David Carradine as Duke Leto, Orson Welles as the Baron, and Gloria Swanson as the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother. The soundtrack was to be done by Pink Floyd. Based on the movie's screenplay (which was reportedly as big as a phone book), its running time would easily exceed 12 hours. This, as well as Jodorowsky's request for a budget of $15 million (in a time where $5 million was a normal), was the reason for American studios to pass on the project. According to Jodorowsky himself, "The project was sabotaged in Hollywood. It was French and not American. Their message was 'not Hollywood enough'. There was intrigue, plunder. The storyboard was circulated amongst all the big studios. Later, the visual aspect of Guerre stellari (1977) strangely resembled our style. To make Alien (1979), they called Moebius, Foss, Giger and O'Bannon, etc. The project signaled to Americans the possibility of making a big show of science fiction films, outside of the scientific rigor of 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968). The project of Dune changed our lives." Jodorowsky also planned on making numerous changes to the source material, including making Duke Leto a eunuch from a bullfighting accident (Paul would be conceived with a drop of his blood), and the spice a sentient blue sponge. Although author Frank Herbert had met with Jodorowsky and described their contact as "amicable", he openly despised these concepts.

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