The director of last year’s Taken is to helm the remake of Dune.

Pierre Morel is to tackle Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 sci-fi novel, which was previously brought to the big screen by David Lynch in 1984. Morel made his debut with District 13, and his next action flick, From Paris With Love, is out this year.

A new script is to be commissioned, scrapping writer Josh Zetumer’s work for Peter Berg, who was originally scheduled to direct.