The Sisterhood: Denis Villeneuve to make new sci-fi series after Dune film reboot
A TV series set in the same universe as Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune film has been announced.
Named Dune: The Sisterhood and based on the novel series by Frank Herbert, the show will tell the story of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women with mysterious abilities.
They will contend with an array of feudal political problems, including their ruling government The Imperium, ultimately making their way to an enigmatic planet called Arrakis, which is known to its inhabitants as Dune.
Villeneuve is set to direct the pilot, and the series will be penned by Jon Spaihts, a screenwriter on the Dune film project.
“The Bene Gesserit have always been fascinating to me,” Villeneuve said. “Focusing a series around that powerful order of women seemed not only relevant and inspiring, but a dynamic setting for the television series.”
After David Lynch’s version in 1984,starring Patrick Stewart and Kyle MacLachlan, Villeneuve’s Dune will be the second adaptation of Herbert’s sci-fi novel.
It will follow the story of Paul Atreides (played by Timothée Chalamet), as his noble family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis, an inhospitable wasteland that is also the only source of a rare drug known as “spice”, only to be betrayed by the galactic empire.
Tthe film’s wider cast includes Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, and Dave Bautista. It’ll be released in November 2020.
