Prophecy’ Kicks off Season 2 Manufacturing by Including Indira Varma and Extra

We weren’t positive at first that the world wanted a Dune prequel, set 10,000 years earlier than Paul Atreides and centered on the creation of the mysterious Bene Gesserit. However the first season of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy proved how dramatic and wild such a narrative may very well be. When season one got here to its jaw-dropping conclusion, we realized we would have liked season two of Dune: Prophecy ASAP. Deliver again the toxic sisterhood!

Excellent news, Harkonnen followers and Atreides-curious: season two of Dune: Prophecy is formally in manufacturing, and it has some new forged members reporting for obligation.

The brand new faces embrace style fan favourite Indira Varma (Sport of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Creature Commandos, Physician Who) in addition to Ashley Walters (Netflix’s Adolescence, subsequent 12 months’s M. Night time Shyamalan film Stay) and Tom Hollander (The White Lotus, Monster: The Ed Gein Story).

No phrase but on who these people shall be enjoying—we will positively image Varma as a robust member of the Sisterhood, or maybe somebody calling the pictures amid all that intrigue on Arrakis—however these are all thrilling additions to an already very robust forged. HBO confirms that the returning forged contains Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, and Travis Fimmel, whose characters have some sticky household dynamics to work out in season two.

Additionally returning are Jodhi Might, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, Yerin Ha, Barbara Marten, and Tessa Bonham Jones.

Based on an HBO press launch, the brand new season will run eight episodes (season one was simply six) and has begun filming beneath showrunner Alison Schapker in Hungary, Jordan, and Spain. No phrase but on after we would possibly see it on screens, however late 2026 or 2027 appears like a secure guess. Dune: Half Three, Denis Villeneuve’s subsequent big-screen return to Frank Herbert’s world, is scheduled to launch December 18, 2026.

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