‘Dune: Prophecy’ Cast Guide: Meet the New Atreides and Harkonnen Families in HBO’s Prequel Series
variety.comJordan Moreau There’s a whole new generation of Atreides and Harkonnen families introduced in HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” set 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s two “Dune” movies.
Since the show is set so far in the past, there aren’t any traces of Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen or Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, but their long-ago ancestors take center stage here.
The show follows the origins of the Bene Gesserit, the powerful group of witches who influence the universe’s politics behind the scenes (Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica and Lea Seydoux’s Lady Margot are two members of the Bene Gesserit in the films).
The generations-long feud between the Atreides and Harkonnen family members is also explored in “Dune: Prophecy,” as is the historic war between humans and thinking machines.
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