Dune: Prophecy S2 Begins Production for HBO

Production has begun on the eight-episode second season of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy, from showrunner Alison Schapker.

New cast members for season two are Indira Varma (Coldwater, The Night Manager, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One), Ashley Walters (Top Boy, Adolescence, Bullet Boy), and Tom Hollander (The White Lotus, The Night Manager, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans).

Returning cast includes Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, 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.

Dune: Prophecy takes place in the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, approximately 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish what will become the Bene Gesserit. The series is inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

The series is executive produced by Schapker, Jordan Goldberg, Mark Tobey, Kevin Lau, Monica Owusu-Breen, Matthew King, Scott Z. Burns and Jon Spaihts, alongside Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert for the Frank Herbert estate. Anderson serves as co-producer.

Dune: Prophecy is co-produced by HBO and Legendary Television, with Legendary also producing the film franchise.