Image: Warner Bros. Despite arriving a year after Dune: Part Two, HBO’s new TV adaptation Dune: Prophecy is actually a prequel that takes place almost 10,000 years before the events of the recent films. That doesn’t mean that Denis Villeneuve’s vibes-heavy take on Frank Herbert’s novels isn’t helpful context for what’s going on in Prophecy, […]
The initial reviews and the Rotten Tomatoes score for HBO’s upcoming series Dune: Prophecy are considerably subdued, compared to the Dune movies. The show, taking place 10,000 years before the events of Dune (2021), serves as a prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s films. It revolves around the formation of the legendary Bene Gesserit sect. First Dune: […]
Before he traveled to Arrakis to tell the story of Dune, and before he took on one of sci-fi’s most popular legacies with Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve tackled a genre tale that was equally epic in its ideas but far more intimate in its storytelling: 2016’s Arrival. Its striking production design incorporates spaceships, fantastical […]