While we wait for next year’s Denis Villeneuve-directed feature film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, let’s not forget that a small screen spinoff is also in the works, announced this past summer. Titled “Dune: The Sisterhood,” the series is set to “explore the world of the book through the eyes of a mysterious order of women known as the Bene Gesserit.”
“Given extraordinary abilities by their mastery of the body and the mind, the Bene Gesserit expertly weave through the feudal politics and intrigue of The Imperium, pursuing plans of their own that will ultimately lead them to the enigmatic planet Arrakis, known to its inhabitants as Dune.”
Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) had done some writing work on the series and was set to serve as its showrunner, but THR reports today that he has been taken off the project entirely.
Via THR, “Sources say Legendary TV was not happy with the early work Spaihts turned in and opted to remove him as showrunner on the production so he can instead focus on the yet-to-be formally announced film sequel to the forthcoming Dune feature.” The plan is for next year’s movie, co-written by Spaihts, to potentially kick-start a franchise.
Villeneuve is still on board to direct the “Sisterhood” pilot.