Dune – The Sisterhood: Prequel series casts first cast – News

During the filmmaker Denis Villeneuve right now is the second part of his Dune– Directing film adaptation has changed with the prequel series Dune-The Sisterhood HBO has done almost nothing since 2019, which is said to have been due to the corona pandemic.

However, the film adaptation has now started to move, as HBO has announced two new additions to the series. Emily Watson will play the role of Valya Harkonnen and Shirley Henderson embody the persona of Tula Harkonnen. The series aims to follow the two sisters on their rise to power, who first form a sisterhood that later becomes the mysterious and powerful Bene Gesserit sect, who play a major role in Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation.

Film connoisseurs should be familiar with the two actresses. So Emily Watson already played in the well-known series Chernobyl a supporting role and Shirley Henderson are likely Harry Potter– fans still remembered as Moaning Myrtle.

The rough plot pattern is known:

Dune – The Sisterhood is set 10,000 years before the events of the original Dune narrative. The series is told from the point of view of the mysterious women’s order Bene Gesserit, which is already known from the cinema adaptation. Armed with extraordinary abilities, the Bene Gesserit meanders through the feudal politics of Dune while always pursuing their own agendas, which eventually lead them to the mysterious desert planet of Arrakis and the events of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films.