The problem with Dune is the same problem you would have trying to make Game of Thrones into a 2-hour movie. There is too much complexity and the characters need much more time to grow. The other issue is that so much of Dune the novel is an inner monologue, which really doesn't translate into film.

Walker's bill has as much to do with fixing the budget as Congress's efforts to Dodd-Frank has to do with protecting small businesses. Walker's legislation was all about weakening the ability of public workers to to collectively bargain - that's it. Union-busting in other words.