Legendary’s ‘Dune” franchise is steadily rising. Denis Villeneuve is returning to helm “Dune: Part Two,” the second half of the primary Frank Herbert novel, with tentative plans to probably adapt the second guide “Dune Messiah” to spherical out a trilogy. Meanwhile, Legendary and HBO Max have teamed as much as discover the “Dune” mythology with a prequel collection, “Dune: The Sisterhood.” After a number of hiccups and delays there appears to be a stable movement on that streaming collection because it began movie.
Production on “The Sisterhood” has began in Budapest, Hungary, the place the movies have been beforehand shot after director Johan Renck (“Chernobyl”) took to Instagram (see publish under) to announce they’ve began lensing. However, with the excellent news, there’s additionally some dangerous information with the prequel’s co-showrunner exiting. The report, by way of Deadline, is that Diane Ademu-John, the unique creator and showrunner of the collection, is thrilling the venture. Initially, Scott Z. Burns (“The Informant”) was introduced on to co-showrun the collection, however then he departed. Then Alison Schapker was introduced on to co-showrun the collection with Ademu-John, and whereas no cause was given for her departure, Schapker is staying on to run the present herself. Losing your showrunner as your present begins manufacturing and swapping them out with the particular person introduced in to assist, effectively, it seems like there’s a type of greater story there, however we’ll allow you to speculate on the behind-the-scenes politics of all of it.
Jon Spaihts (“Prometheus”) was one of many unique writers on the venture, however he departed earlier on when referred to as as much as deal with the second movie’s screenplay.
They’ve assembled a forged that features Emily Watson, Shirley Henderson, Travis Fimmel, Indira Varma, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Faoileann Cunningham, Aoife Hinds, and Chloe Lea.
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“Dune: The Sisterhood” is confirmed to happen 1,000 years earlier than the occasions which might be at the moment being explored within the function movies and is anticipated to concentrate on the Harkonnen Sisters (ancestors of the villains of “Dune” motion pictures), performed by Watson and Henderson, as they set up the fabled sect often called the Bene Gesserit. The all-female group makes use of particular talents and a breeding program among the many nice galactic homes to carry a brilliant being into existence.
“Dune: The Sisterhood” additionally has a formidable (or costly) exec-producing group that features Villeneuve, Spaihts, the aforementioned Scott Z. Burns, Matthew King, John Cameron, Cait Collins, and Brian Herbert. Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson. Brian Hebert and Anderson have been behind the string of spinoff/prequel “Dune” novels that the present is taking inspiration from after the loss of life of Frank Herbert.
Given the present is just simply beginning to shoot we seemingly gained’t be getting a glimpse of footage till subsequent yr and stays to be seen when the present will debut on HBO Max. We shouldn’t be terribly shocked if extra exhibits find yourself being positioned into growth, given how a lot supply materials there’s to mine past the Paul Atreides saga.