‘Dune’ TV Sequence Casts Lead Roles

Effectively earlier than Dune each premiered in theaters (which it in the end did within the fall of 2021), Warner Bros. and HBO introduced improvement on a prequel tv collection for the venture. It’s been a very long time since we heard a lot concerning the venture — a lot of the information concerning the Dune-iverse has been targeted on the upcoming sequel and rumors of Warner Bros. trying to show it right into a long-running movie franchise — however we’re now listening to that the prequel present has discovered its lead stars.

Selection experiences that Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson will play the 2 key roles in what’s referred to as Dune: The Sisterhood, which is ready 10 millennia earlier than the occasions of the Dune film. Right here’s how they describe their roles:

Watson will play Valya Harkonnen and Henderson will play Tula Harkonnen. The character descriptions say the 2 sisters ‘have risen to energy within the Sisterhood, a secret group of girls who will go on to change into the Bene Gesserit.’

Initially, we heard that Jon Spaihts, who co-wrote the Dune movie, was engaged on this spinoff present, however he later mentioned he’d been pulled off the venture to work on a possible sequel to Dune: Half Two based mostly on Frank Herbert’s sequel novel Dune Messiah and to “examine different cinematic prospects within the Dune universe.” Now the present is being supervised by producer Diane Ademu-John. Chernobyl’s Johan Renck is directing the primary episode.

In the meantime, Dune: Half Two, which adapts the second half of Herbert’s unique Dune novel, is in manufacturing now, and scheduled to open in theaters on November 17, 2023.