The Denis Villeneuve-directed prequel series to the Dune films aired its first season finale yesterday.
Dune: Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the Empire's great houses on Dune. Watson and Williams play two morally ambiguous sisters who lead the de facto cult. In the films, Lady Jessica Atreides, played by Rebecca Ferguson, has ties to the Gesserit. Her spiritual gifts from the order are passed on to her son, Paul Atreides, played by Timothee Chalamet.
In the series, which is co-produced by Legendary Television, Travis Fimmel plays Desmond Hart, a rival of the two sisters who have certain powers. The finale is sure to bring a big revelation about the sisters' relationship with Desmond.
“How the sisterhood survives is very much a part of season 2,” said Schapker during the presser today.
Set 10,000 years before the events of Villeneuve's Dune films, Dune: Prophecy is inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.