With that thrilling new trailer for Dune: Half II arriving this week, there’s no higher second to pile on extra good Dune information. This time, it issues the long-in-development Dune streaming sequence, Max’s Dune: The Sisterhood, which has added new solid members because it strikes ahead.
It’s possible you’ll recall a few of the final information to floor about Dune: The Sisterhood was about actors leaving the present—as Selection reminds us, Shirley Henderson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Indira Varma (Recreation of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi) each left in current months, with Henderson’s exit resulting from “artistic modifications” and Varma’s due to scheduling conflicts. (Varma will seem in the brand new season of Physician Who.) However the sequence has now added Olivia Williams (The Crown, The Sixth Sense) and Jodhi Might (The Witcher), based on the commerce, which additionally notes Dune: The Sisterhood continues to be thought of a “working title.”
In line with Selection, “Williams will play Tula Harkonnen, whereas Might performs Natalya. Set on the earth of Dune 10,000 years earlier than the ascension of Paul Atreides, the sequence follows the Harkonnen sisters as they fight forces that threaten the way forward for humankind, and set up the fabled sect often called the Bene Gesserit. The prequel relies on the novel Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.”
The Max present has additionally added Anna Foerster (Westworld, Underworld: Blood Wars) as director; she replaces Johan Renck, one other current departure. The sequence is co-written by Diane Ademu-Johnson, who created the sequence, and Alison Shapker, who serves as showrunner. Among the many present’s many government producers are Denis Villeneuve, who directed Dune and Dune: Half Two, and Jon Spaihts, who co-wrote the Dune screenplays with Villeneuve. Dune: Half Two will hit theaters November 3.
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