HBO has unveiled a new trailer for Dune: Prophecy and it's absolutely epic.
In the new trailer, we get a brief glimpse of what Valya Harkkonen (Emily Watson) is capable of, as well as a sneak peek at Travis Fimmel's mysterious Desmond Hart. The rest is a montage of riots, destruction, fire, spices (you know what kind) and sand. Needless to say…we are hooked.
Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides, the spin-off show will focus on the founding of the mysterious Bene Gesserit, an order of powerful women who orchestrated the creation of the Kwisatz Haderach.
The show's official logline teases that Dune: Prophecy follows “two Harkonnen sisters as they battle forces that threaten the future of humanity and establish the legendary sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.”
“It's built around the Bene Gesserit order. That's the brotherhood. That's one of the central characters, and all the universes they control, and their power… it's a fascinating thing,” Watson recently told our sister publication Total Film .
“It was very exciting, but also great to enter that world with the security of knowing that I have the skills to make it all seem real,” he added. “It's a very interesting palette because it's not childish… it's not like Star Wars. It has a moral complexity, which is interesting.”
As for the films, Denis Villeneuve will direct the third and final installment of his trilogy, although there is no release date yet. “First, it's important for people to understand that for me it was really a diptych,” he said earlier this year. “It was really a couple of movies that will be the adaptation of the first book. That's done and finished. If I do a third one, which is in the process of being written, it won't be like a trilogy. It's strange to say that, but if I go back there it's for to do something that feels different and has its own identity.
Dune: Prophecy arrives this November. In the meantime, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows for everything to look forward to this year and beyond.