The date is confirmed. Dune: Prophecy will arrive on Max and HBO (probably Sky Atlantic in the UK) on November 17th. The announcement was made at New York Comic Con during a dedicated panel for the show, where the full trailer was also shared before it was released online
Dune: Prophecy is based on the world created in the Frank Herbert novels, in the same version of the universe as presented in the Denis Villeneuve adaptions. The story is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and tells the story of two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
And we all know how that turned out, don’t we?
The cast is led by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams. Co-stars include Mark Strong, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Jihae, Tabu, Charithra Chandran, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, and Yerin Ha.
Alison Schapker is showrunner and executive producer alongside Diane Ademu-John as another executive producer and co-developer.
Other executive producers are Anna Foerster, Jordan Goldberg, Mark Tobey, John Cameron, Matthew King, Scott Z. Burns, Jon Spaihts, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert. Foerster also directed several episodes.
Meanwhile, movie adaption director Villeneuve has spoken to Deadline, and said he is going to be moving on Dune: Messiah faster than maybe he expected:
“Let’s say that I thought that after Part Two that I will take a break, that I will go back in the woods and stay in the woods for a while to recover. But the woods weren’t really suiting me, and I would go back behind the camera faster than I think. But that’s all I can say.”
He seemed to confirm that it will be Dune: Messiah and not Dune: Part Three, as Dune: Part One and Part Two are
“…for me like one entity. It’s a movie made in two parts. It’s finished, it’s done.”
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, and Anya Taylor-Joy as an adult Alia Atreides will all be required, and aligning those diaries right now could be challenging.