In a shock to utterly nobody who has been immersed within the child-burning, eugenics-pushing, mind-bending chaos of Dune: Prophecy, we’re returning to this universe from 10,000 years earlier than Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films. HBO introduced right this moment that the prequel collection can be renewed for a second season after the primary season skilled huge success.
From the second we landed in Home Corrino with its Dune-esque futurism and medieval-style backstabbing, Dune: Prophecy supplied a type of historic contextualization of the Dune universe we have been accustomed to, one many didn’t need to depart. In line with HBO’s press launch saying the renewal, the favored present’s collection premiere episode amassed a Shai Hulud-sized 15 million viewers, 13 million extra viewers than Warner Bros. Discovery said the episode had amassed after a day of being launched, as reported by Deadline. Appears like individuals didn’t need to miss out on all of the dystopian enjoyable.
In a press convention earlier right this moment, present runner Alison Schapker expressed her pleasure for the second season, and for Dune: Prophecy to “proceed constructing out our nook of the Dune universe.” Though the present is loosely primarily based on the prequel novel Sisterhood of Dune, Schaller wished to broaden the world whereas nonetheless being in shut collaboration with Brian Herbert and the property of authentic Dune writer Frank Herbert. Talking with Enterprise Insider, she defined how Sisterhood of Dune centered totally on the time interval during which a younger Valya Harkonnen comes into management of the sisterhood, whereas she wished to point out the ripple impact of her choices in shaping the Sisterhood into the Bene Gesserit.
“We additionally wished to have room to create a wealthy tv collection, and see an older Valya, performed by Emily Watson, just a little extra in management — the place she took the sisterhood, after which how she was examined as half of a bigger exploration of the way it went from the Sisterhood to the Bene Gesserit. We wished to have a look at the group over time.”
The season finale of Dune: Prophecy airs this Sunday, and follows a bombshell episode during which we discover out that Sister Francesca (Tabu), mom of Emperor Javicco Corrino’s son Constantine (Josh Heuston), had been unwittingly reinserted into their lives to make use of her highly effective affect to return the Bene Gesserit to a place of energy inside The Imperium. All that’s left is to see who survives for the second season as soon as the Spice has settled.
