Dune: Prophecy | EPISODE 2 PROMO TRAILER | Max

The Dune-iverse is expanding. Just months after Dune: Part Two debuted to critical acclaim, HBO is releasing Dune: Prophecy, a long-in-the-works prequel series that takes place roughly 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and decades after the Butlerian Jihad (AKA the Machine War). Echoes of the past and the future remain in the series developed by Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker, but Prophecy quickly establishes itself as its own thing.

Prophecy is based on the Dune novelSisterhood of Dune, written by Frank Herbert's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson. Those novels, written after Herbert's death, are controversial among fans of the series: are they a cash grab or an effort to enrich the beloved sci-fi universe established by the iconic author? Regardless of your opinion, Dune's massive world has officially made its television debut.