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“There’s a lot of work around, I’ve been busy,” Emily Watson declared, brightly, over tea and crumbly biscuits at The Union, a private club in central London, as she chatted with Deadline about why she loves working in front of the camera.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming will get underway next month in Budapest, Hungary, on anticipated prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood (working title) from HBO Max and Legendary Television.

Selome Hailu Indira Varma has been cast as Empress Natalya in “Dune: The Sisterhood” (working title), HBO Max’s upcoming “Dune” prequel series co-produced with Legendary Television. Empress Natalya is described as a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrino. Varma is best known for playing Ellaria Sand in four seasons of “Game of Thrones” and recently starred as Tala Durith in “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Other prominent credits include “Luther” on BBC and “Paranoid” on ITV and Netflix. Up next, Varma will appear in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” and “Extrapolations” on Apple TV+. She is reppedmby Gersh, Principal Entertainment LA and James Adams.

While production continues on a Dune movie sequel for Warner Bros., the HBO Max prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood has found its two leads.Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson have signed on to star as Valya Harkonnen and Tula Harkonnen, respectively, a.k.a. The Harkonnen Sisters, via Deadline.The show will be set 10,000 years before the events depicted in Frank Herbert's epic 1964 novel Dune.

Dune prequel series is on the way, with Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson cast in the lead roles.Dune: The Sisterhood will take place 10,000 years before Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet in Denis Villeneuve’s recent film) rose to the throne, and will focus on the Harkonnen Sisters.The story is based on the 2012 sci-fi novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, taking place in the same Dune universe created by Herbert’s father, Frank Herbert.Watson and Henderson will play Valyva and Tula Harkonnen, Deadline reports, who are the sisters who rise to power within the Sisterhood that goes on to become the Bene Gesserit.In Villeneuve’s film, Charlotte Rampling plays Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother who tests Paul before he leaves for Atreides.The Sisterhood was created, written and executive produced by Diana Ademu-John, who will also serve as a co-runner of the show alongside Alison Schapker.Villeneuve is an executive producer on the series as well, alongside Jon Spaihts, Scott Z.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Dune” prequel series at HBO Max from Legendary Television has cast Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson in lead roles, Variety has learned. Officially titled “Dune: The Sisterhood,” the series was ordered at HBO Max in June 2019. The show is set 10,000 years before the events of “Dune” and is based on the novel “Sisterhood of Dune” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Per the official logline, the show “follows the Harkonnen Sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit” Watson will play Valya Harkonnen and Henderson will play Tula Harkonnen. The character descriptions say the two sisters “have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit.”

Emily Watson (Chernobyl, God’s Creatures) and Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter, Stan & Ollie) will lead the cast of HBO Max’s Dune: The Sisterhood (wt), from Legendary Television.

Move over, Sherlock Holmes. London has two new inquiring minds on the case of a murdered actor in the ensemble murder-mystery-comedy “See How They Run”.

J. Kim Murphy Searchlight Pictures has pulled back the curtain on “See How They Run,” the production company’s upcoming murder mystery starring a detective duo played by Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.

Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan are seen in a series of new promotional pics released for the forthcoming film See How They Run, as the mystery's release date is slated for later this year.Rockwell plays the role of Inspector Stoppard while Ronan plays Constable Stalker in the movie, which is slated for a limited release beginning September 30, Deadline reported Tuesday.The cast of the motion picture, which is directed by Tom George, also features Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson, Shirley Henderson, David Oyelowo, Sian Clifford, Reece Shearsmith, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Tim Key. The latest:Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan are seen in a series of new promotional pics released for the forthcoming film See How They RunAccording to a synopsis from Searchlight Pictures, the film takes place in the West End of 1950s London, where plans for a theatrical version of a successful play are halted following the murder of a crew member.Inspector Stoppard and Constable Stalker get involved in the investigation, putting themselves in the path of danger amid their probe.

The upcoming Searchlight Pictures movie See How They Run has been given a release date and the first photos have been revealed!

K.J. Yossman “Old” star Rufus Sewell and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s” Shirley Henderson are set to lead dark comedy “The Trouble With Jessica.”Sewell will also be reunited with his “A Knight’s Tale” co-star Alan Tudyk in the film.