Fans of HBO/Max's absorbing "Dune" prequel spinoff, "Dune: Prophecy" just got an early holiday gift with word that HBO has ordered a second season after streaming numbers made it one of their biggest hits of the year, with 15 million views for its debut episode that launched Nov. 17.
Starring Emily Watson (Valya Harkonnen) and Olivia Williams (Tula Harkonnen) "Dune: Prophecy" is centered 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and concerns the formation of the mystical Bene Gesserit sisterhood as told through the tragic events of two siblings from the disgraced Harkonnen royal family. Their cultish orchestrations seek to influence the course of the Imperium and its royal houses through genetic manipulation and subtle control.
