It’s official: one other season of Dune: Prophecy is coming.
Yesterday (December 19), simply days forward of season one’s finale on HBO and Max, it was confirmed by way of a digital press convention that Dune: Prophecy has been renewed for a second season.
The saga continues.
The HBO Unique Sequence #DuneProphecy has been renewed for Season 2 on Max. pic.twitter.com/hBK8SCrgcG
— Max (@StreamOnMax) December 19, 2024
A prequel collection set over 10,000 years earlier than Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune movies, Prophecy explores the origins of the Bene Gesserit, a secretive coven of highly effective and crafty witches that pull the strings of politics on Arrakis behind the scenes.
It tells the story of Valya Harkonen (Emily Watson), the chief of the Bene Gesserit and Tula Harkonnen (Olivia Williams) as they set up their clan via means that include penalties that echo via generations.
It’s impressed by the novel Sisterhood Of Dune, the primary of the ‘Nice Faculties Of Dune’ prequel trilogy written by Brian Herbert, the son of Dune’s unique creator Frank. The youthful Herbert wrote the e book with Kevin J. Anderson and launched it in 2012. The following novels had been Mentats Of Dune (2014) and Navigators Of Dune (2016).
In a four-star overview of Dune: Prophecy, Ali Shutler wrote for NME: “It’s good to see a present about magic really resolve issues with magic, whereas the concern felt by college students at The Sisterhood as issues begin to dissolve into chaos ought to hopefully encourage the upcoming Harry Potter remake. The glimpse of the Nice Machine Struggle additionally tees up a prequel to the prequel if issues go effectively and also you don’t must be Bene Gesserit to see extra Dune spin-offs in HBO’s future.”
As for the Dune movie collection, Villeneuve confirmed in September {that a} third movie, Dune: Messiah, shall be his final for the franchise: “Hear, if Dune: Messiah occurs, it would have been a few years for me on Arrakis, and I might like to do one thing else. I feel that it could be a good suggestion for me to be sure that, in Messiah, there are the seeds within the venture if somebody needs to do one thing else afterwards, as a result of they’re stunning books.
“They’re harder to adapt. They turn into an increasing number of esoteric. It’s a bit extra difficult to adapt, however I’m not closing the door. I can’t do it myself, but it surely may occur with another person.”
